Nicholas Francis Phillips

As an Associate Attorney in Coleman & Horowitt’s business transactions and real estate practice groups, Nick Phillips brings years of business counseling and transactional experience to his clients. Since 2015, he has acted as in house general counsel to companies located in the U.S., China, and Japan, including the Tokyo Stock Exchange traded, global #1 by market share, brushed DC electric motor manufacturing company, Mabuchi Motor Co. Ltd. (6592:TYO), helping them draft domestic and international agreements that include terms and conditions of B2B purchases, software and licensing, vendors, marketing, confidentiality, liability waivers, legal services, employment, and executive compensation. He also has broad-based representative experience in the areas of corporate governance, risk management, employment law counseling, dispute resolution, and commercial real estate.

Nick’s practice currently focuses on the needs of the Central Valley’s small businesses, as well as lower middle market mergers and acquisitions throughout California. He represents sellers and buyers of businesses, conducting due diligence and drafting stockholders or buy-sell agreements, operating agreements, NDAs, LOIs, and definitive and ancillary agreements to consummate stock and asset purchases. Deal sizes range from under One Million Dollars to over One Hundred Million Dollars in aggregate purchase price. As a law student, he clerked for a family law judge, and he now occasionally assists with dissolution of marriage issues for high-net-worth individuals.

Nick works with his clients to negotiate contracts, litigate disputes, and develop their businesses on a global scale. He is an expert communicator with proficiencies in some of the most commonly spoken languages in the world. In addition to his native English, he is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and speaks conversational Japanese and Spanish. These language skills allow him to represent his clients and their interests globally, helping them connect and work with other businesses as they confront cross border M&A, international business transactions, compliance, securities, real property, and other corporate challenges.