Nichols, Bo

Greg Nelson is a member of the firm's corporate transactions group, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, private securities offerings and business structuring and formation. He also advises companies regarding securities law compliance and related disclosure, corporate governance and fiduciary obligations. Greg has advised clients with respect to transactions in a broad array of industries, including banking and finance, transportation and logistics, insurance, medical devices, gold mining, energy (natural gas, petroleum refining, and coal), construction, nanotechnology, nutraceuticals, commercial real estate development and professional staffing services. In particular, Greg has worked on several transactions in the energy industry, including the purchase of several petroleum refineries, the funding of a non-conventional renewable energy start-up and the purchase of a coal-fired power plant located in a developing country. He has represented private equity funds and banks as well as public and private companies on both the buyer and seller side, and has worked on international transactions involving companies and assets located in foreign countries, including the United Kingdom, Europe, India, Japan and the Caribbean.

Greg is also a member of the firm's construction law group, primarily advising clients on service and supply contracts for the energy and refining industry, lump-sum construction contracts and related subcontracts and engineering and design contracts. Greg is particularly experienced in advising clients with respect to contract drafting, negotiation and risk management matters related to petroleum refineries and petroleum pipelines. Greg has negotiated contracts on behalf of his clients with major industry players, including Exxon Mobil Corporation, Sunoco, Inc., The Sinclair Companies, Dresser Rand, Koch Industries, CH2M Hill, Praxair, Inc. and Matrix Service Company.

Representative clients include: Holly Refining & Marketing Company, SkyWest, Inc., Barrick Gold Corporation, Zions Bancorporation, Layton Construction, Merit Medical Systems, Inc. and EnergySolutions, Inc.