Nathan Moore has developed a distinguished practice over the years by successfully guiding a diverse roster of corporate and lending clients through all aspects of their debt and royalty financing transactions. Mr. Moore has a broad range of experience representing private equity funds, financial institutions, and public and private companies active across a diverse range of industries, including life sciences, technology, manufacturing, financial services, energy, media, retail and real estate. With his invaluable practice experience and focus on business-oriented solutions, Mr. Moore provides exceptional service and is a trusted business advisor for clients on all their debt and royalty financing challenges.

Mr. Moore’s experience includes structuring, negotiating and closing royalty purchase and secured and unsecured debt financing transactions, including leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, private placements of debt securities, asset-based financing, venture capital, and mezzanine and subordinated debt financings. He also counsels clients on other corporate-related matters, including corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions and commercial transactions. Mr. Moore is an active member of the Colorado legal community and was recently recognized in creating and supporting the Colorado COVID Legal Relief Program, which has provided pro bono legal assistance to more than 250 small businesses affected by the pandemic. 

Experience

  • Debt and Royalty Financings

    • Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, the world leader in serving science, in its $5 billion unsecured five-year revolving credit facility
    • UNTUCKit, retail apparel brand, in its $30 million senior secured term loan from Second Avenue Capital Partners
    • Medtronic plc, global producer of medical devices and therapies, in its JPY300 billion ($1.98 billion) term loan
    • MicroStrategy Incorporated, the largest independent publicly traded analytics and business intelligence company, in a $205 million credit facility for its subsidiary, MacroStrategy, which was secured entirely by bitcoin
    • Iveric Bio, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of treatments for retinal diseases, in a $250 million term loan debt financing facility
    • Lookout Inc, an endpoint and cloud security solutions company, in its $150 million term loan
    • PTC Therapeutics, a global biopharmaceutical company, in an up to $1 billion strategic financing collaboration with Blackstone
    • Agios Pharmaceuticals, a leader in the field of cellular metabolism pioneering therapies for rare and genetically defined diseases, in the $131.8 million sale of its rights to 5% royalties on U.S. net sales of Servier’s TIBSOVO® to Sagard Healthcare Partners
  • Acquisition Financings

    • PerkinElmer, a life sciences and diagnostics business, in the financing elements of its $5.25 billion acquisition of BioLegend, as well as in the sale of its Applied, food and Enterprise Services business to New Mountain Capital for $2.45 billion
    • SoFi, the online personal finance company, in the financing and acquisition of Galileo Financial Technologies for $1.2 billion
    • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a learning technology company, in the financing elements of its $2.8 billion merger agreement with Veritas Capital, as well as its previous $349 million divestment of HMH Books & Media Consumer Publishing to HarperCollins Publishers
    • AdoreMe, a digitally native intimates brand, in the financing related to its acquisition by Victoria Secret & Co.
    • Pure Financial Advisors, a California-based investment advisor, in the financing related to a transaction with Lee Equity Partners
    • Mountaingate Capital, a Denver-based private equity firm, in the financing related to the sale of its position in Tinuiti Inc., a digital marketing agency, to New Mountain Capital

Recognition

  • Received “Pandemic Heroes” award from the Colorado Lawyers Committee, recognizing significant efforts in creating and supporting the Colorado COVID Legal Relief Program, which has provided pro bono legal assistance to more than 250 small businesses affected by the pandemic.
  • Recognized by Chambers USA Guide for his Banking & Finance practice. Clients describe Mr. Moore as "very knowledgeable and experienced...he is amazing to work with, he goes above and beyond to help us out."

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Credentials

  • Education

    • JD, University of Michigan Law School, 2012

      cum laude
    • BA, English, Truman State University, 2005

      cum laude
  • Admissions

    • Colorado

    • Illinois

    • New York

Credentials

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