Professional Biography
Image of Nicholas Ferrer

Nicholas E. Ferrer Partner

Firmwide Co-Chair, Mergers & Acquisition Practice

  • Seattle

    D +1.206.359.3757

    F +1.206.359.4757

    Seattle

    1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900

    Seattle, WA 98101-3099

    +1.206.359.3757

    NFerrer@perkinscoie.com

loader

Overview

Experience

Mergers & Acquisitions

Representative Private Company Strategic Transactions

  • Represented R1 RCM Inc. in its acquisition of Acclara from Providence.
  • Represented Cascadia Capital in a strategic growth investment by Atlas Merchant Capital.
  • Represented Tyson Foods in its acquisition of Williams Sausage Company.
  • Represented Nuun in its sale to Nestlé Health Science.
  • Represented Superfeet Worldwide in its sale to Westward Partners.
  • Represented Avalara in numerous acquisitions, including Transaction Tax Resources, Business Licenses, INPOSIA Solutions, DAVO Technologies, Track1099, Compli, Indix, and Portway.
  • Represented Zillow Group, Inc. and Zillow, Inc. in numerous acquisitions, including Showing Time, Mortgage Lenders of America, StreetEasy, Dotloop, Naked Apartments, HotPads, Bridge Interactive, and others.
  • Represented OfferUp in its acquisition of the U.S. operations of letgo and the related $120 million financing by OfferUp.
  • Represented Mathway in its sale to Chegg.
  • Represented Verity Solutions Group, Inc. in its acquisition by Cigna.
  • Represented Panjiva, Inc. in its sale to S&P Global, Inc.
  • Represented Quote Wizard, LLC in its sale to LendingTree, Inc.
  • Represented Swift Financial Corporation in its sale to PayPal, Inc.
  • Represented Loge Holdings in various capital raising transactions.
  • Represented American Trailer World (ATW) in various acquisitions.

Representative Private Equity Transactions

  • Represented Blue Point Capital Partners in multiple acquisitions, including SASE and Mattco Forge Holdings.
  • Represented Endeavour Capital in multiple investments and acquisitions, including its investments in ATL Technology, Entek Technology Holdings, and Pacific Market International.
  • Represented Rainier Partners in multiple investments and acquisitions, including its investments inCalpine Containers, Wilmar, SCI Flooring, and Omega Fitness.
  • Represented Solum Partners in its recapitalization of CPC International.
  • Represented Equality Health, LLC in its recapitalization led by General Atlantic.
  • Represented PDQ.com in its recapitalization led by TA Associates.
  • Represented ProKarma, Inc. in a recapitalization led by The Carlyle Group.
  • Represented Main Post Partners in its investment in Milk Makeup.
  • Represented Bertram Capital and Registar Corp. in the sale of Registrar Corp. to Paine Schwartz Partners.

Public Company Transactions

Sale of Onvia, Inc.

Represented Onvia, Inc. in its sale to Deltek, Inc.

Sale of Intermec, Inc.

Represented Intermec, Inc. in its acquisition by Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON).

Acquisition of Trulia

Represented Zillow, Inc. in its $2.5 billion acquisition of Trulia, Inc.

Acquisition by M/A-COM

Represented M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:MTSI) with its acquisition, via tender offer, of Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MSPD).

Merger of Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle

Represented the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle in its merger with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines (first voluntary merger in the history of the Federal Home Loan Bank System).

News

Insights

RELATED INFORMATION

Bar and Court Admissions

  • Washington
  • New York

Education

  • Columbia Law School, J.D., 2007, Columbia Business Law Review
  • Middlebury College, B.A., International Studies, magna cum laude, 2003

Languages

  • Spanish