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Nick works with business owners, executives and managers in various areas of business operations and planning. These include business owner exit planning, business start-ups, business contracts, leases, employment agreements, joint ventures, business development, tax planning, company mergers and reorganizations, shareholder and buy-sell agreements, resolution of tax disputes, family business succession programs and estate planning.
Nick also actively assists companies with their business site selection, expansion and relocation needs, including the negotiation and implementation of state business incentive packages. He works with business and government leaders to develop, enact and preserve economic development incentive programs. He was the principal designer and drafter of a number of Nebraska’s corporate tax statutes and most of Nebraska's state business tax incentive programs, which to date have resulted in over 100,000 new jobs and $20 billion new investment in over 600 expansion and relocation projects.
Nick has been a shareholder in McGrath North since 1985.
PRACTICE AREAS
Corporate and Business Law
Business Owner Exit Planning
Transition Planning and Implementation
Business Succession and Continuity
Buy-Sell Agreements
Business Formation
Incorporations, Partnerships, LLCs
Business Planning
Physician/Medical Joint Ventures
Taxation
State Tax Disputes and Appeals
Federal, State and Local Tax Planning
Taxation: State Business Tax Incentives
Business Site Selection and Expansion
State and Local Business Incentives
Tax Increment Financing
Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
Estate Planning and Estate Administration
Living Trust Estate Plans
Estate and Gift Tax Planning
Tax Exempt Organizations
Foundations and Other Non-Profit Corporations
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Admitted
Nebraska, 1981
U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, 1981
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1981
U.S. Tax Court, 1981
U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1985
Nebraska State Lobbyist, 1987
Education
Creighton University School of Law J.D., Magna Cum Laude, 1981
Creighton University College of Business, B.S.B.A., Summa Cum Laude, 1978 | 