Nicholas O. Isaacson [ Associate ]
Duane Morris LLP
Suite 3700
190 South LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL 60603-3433
USA
Phone: 312.499.6729
Fax: 312.277.6419
Email:
noisaacson@duanemorris.com
Nicholas O. Isaacson has a wide-ranging practice representing public companies, private companies, venture capital firms and major national lending institutions. He has handled matters for clients ranging from small early round equity investments to multibillion-dollar mergers and acquisitions; from disengagement transactions with insolvent insurers to near-billion-dollar secured financing transactions involving multiple international borrowers; from acquisitions of middle-market companies to private placements of high-yield debt and the exchange of publicly registered bonds for those private bonds; from the formation of venture funds to restructurings in and out of bankruptcy. Drawing on his eclectic background, clients have found Mr. Isaacson to be a valuable resource and counselor.
Mr. Isaacson is a graduate of Columbia Law School (Stone Scholar), Harvard University (magna cum laude, John Harvard Scholar) and the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (double concentration in finance and econometrics and statistics).
Professional Activities
- American Bar Association
Admissions
- Illinois
Education
- University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, M.B.A., double concentration in finance and econometrics and statistics, 2004
- Columbia University School of Law, J.D., 1998
- Harvard University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1994
- Captain of the rugby team
- Stone Scholar
- Business Law Review
- Research assistant for James Liebman's nationally publicized death penalty study
- John Harvard Scholar
- Played varsity football
- Crimson Outreach Program
Experience
- Duane Morris LLP
- Senior Associate, 2006-present - Latham & Watkins LLP
- Associate, 2003-2005 - Kirkland & Ellis LLP
- Associate, 1998-2003
Civic and Charitable Activities
- Friends of Harvard Football
- Harvols (Harvard Club of Chicago volunteer group)
Selected Publications
- Author, "Investment Banker to a Seller's Board Owes No Fiduciary Duties to the Seller's Shareholders, Seventh Circuit Rules," Duane Morris Alert, September 5, 2008