Nathan W. Jones

Experience

Nathan Jones is a partner of the firm practicing in the Corporate section, focusing on securities law, mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions. Over the past several years, Nate has assisted with the preparation of registration statements for more than $3 billion in debt and more than $2 billion in common stock and has worked on a broad range of acquisition transactions, from small transactions to transactions up to nearly $1 billion. He also assists corporations, pension funds and foundations making investments with institutional portfolio managers and private equity, venture capital and hedge funds. Nate has assisted clients in making over $1 billion of such investments.

Before joining Stoel Rives, Nate practiced at VanCott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy, Salt Lake City, Utah as a shareholder (1996-1998) and associate (1990-1996) and was a summer associate (1989); was a summer associate at Parsons, Behle & Latimer, Salt Lake City (1988); and served as an intern at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Washington, D.C. (1986).

Representative Work

M&A Transactions

• Represented Intermountain Healthcare in its acquisition of the assets of Heart of Utah, Inc.
• Represented Barnes Bullets, Inc. in its sale of assets to Freedom Group, Inc., a portfolio company of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.
• Represented Intermountain Healthcare in its acquisition of the assets of the Utah Heart Clinic.
• Represented Intermountain Healthcare in the restructuring of its interests in National Purchasing Partners, LLC.
• Represented Medsource-Direct, Inc. in its sale of 65% of its common stock to private equity investors.
• Represented Pliant Corporation in the purchase of stock of Uniplast Holdings, Inc. and a joint venture with Supreme Plastics Group PLC.
• Represented Hollis Digital Imaging Systems, Inc. and its shareholders in the sale of substantially all of the assets of Hollis to Kelmscott Communications, LLC.
• Represented 1 800 Contacts in the purchase of substantially all of the assets of Contact Lenses Online, Inc.
• Represented LifeLink Corporation in its merger with Channelpoint, Inc., the repurchase of stock from Channelpoint, Inc. and the sale of stock to Ebix, Inc.
• Represented Altiris, Inc. in its purchase of substantially all of the assets of Tekworks, Inc.
• Represented Petrolinvest SP Z O.O. in its purchase of stock of Occidental Resources, Inc.

Representative Securities Matters

• Represented Huntsman Corporation in the registration of 11 million shares of common stock authorized for issuance under the Huntsman Corporation Stock Incentive Plan.
• Represented Huntsman International LLC in the registration of, and its exchange offer for, $530 million 8.625% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2021.
• Represented Huntsman International LLC in the registration of, and its exchange offer for, $350 million 8.625% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2020.
• Represented Huntsman Corporation in the registration of shares of common stock for resale upon the conversion of Huntsman Corporation's $250 million 7% Convertible Senior Notes due 2018.
• Represented Huntsman Corporation in the registration of 76,849,062 shares of common stock for resale by certain stockholders and the underwritten offering of 56,979,062 shares of common stock for $1.38 billion.
• Represented Huntsman Corporation in the registration of 23,762,000 shares of common stock for resale by certain stockholders.
• Represented Huntsman International LLC in the registration of, and its exchange offer for, $347 million 7.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014, $175 million 7.375% Senior Subordinate Notes due 2015 and €135 million 7.5% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015.
• Represented Huntsman International LLC in the registration of, and its exchange offer for, $150 million 9.875% Senior Notes due 2009.
• Represented Huntsman International LLC in the registration of, and its exchange offer for, $455.4 million 11.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2010.
• Represented HMP Equity Holdings Corporation in the registration of, and its exchange offer for, $875 million principal amount at maturity 15% Senior Secured Discount Notes due 2008.
• Represented Huntsman Advanced Materials LLC in the registration of, and its exchange offer for, $250 million 11% Senior Secured Notes due 2010 and $100 million Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2008.
• Represented Huntsman International LLC in the registration of $175 million 7% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015.
• Represented Huntsman International LLC in the registration of, and its exchange offer for, $300 million 9.875% Senior Notes due 2009.
• Represented Huntsman LLC in the registration of, and its exchange offer for, $198 million 11.5% Senior Notes due 2012 and $100 million Senior Floating Rates Notes due 2011.

Professional Honors & Activities

• Listed in Best Lawyers in America® (currently: Corporate Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation), 2007-2013
• Selected as a Legal Elite by Utah Business, 2005-2006, 2011 
• Selected as one of "America's Leading Lawyers for Business" (Utah) by Chambers USA (currently: Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions), 2006-2012
• Listed in Mountain States Super Lawyers®, 2007
• Member, Utah State Bar Business Law Section
• Member, American Bar Association Business Law Section, Committee on Negotiated Acquisitions
• Member, MountainWest Capital Network

Education

• University of Texas Law School, J.D., 1990
• Brigham Young University, B.A., 1987, with honors

Admissions

• Utah

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