Nick Katsanos

Corporate Group, Corporate Finance, Business Transactions Group (M&A/PE/VC), Activist Investing, Maritime and Transportation, Family Office, Private Equity, Cross-Border Transactions, Investment Management and Broker-Dealer Transactions, Maritime Transactions, Mergers & Acquisitions and Joint Ventures, Private Equity Transactions, Secondary Transactions, Seed Transactions, Sell-Side Transactions, Venture Capital Transactions, Financial Institution Risk Management.

Nick Katsanos is Chair of Seward & Kissel’s Corporate Group and Co-Head of the Firm’s Private Equities Practice. Nick joined the Firm in 2008 after practicing in-house at a global media company for more than five years.

Nick works with public and private companies, private equity firms, financial institutions, and individual business owners in connection with a variety of U.S and cross-border business transactions and general corporate matters. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, and joint ventures in a wide range of industries, including shipping, investment management, broker-dealer and other financial services, B2B media and events, business information, marketing and tech-enabled services, and veterinary transactions. Nick also advises clients on compliance with the premerger notification requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act.

Prior to joining Seward & Kissel, Nick worked in-house in the legal and corporate development departments of UBM, a global media company listed on the London Stock Exchange. During his time at UBM, Nick worked on evaluating, structuring and completing acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, minority investments and strategic alliances throughout the world, focusing on B2B media (including online and print), exhibitions and events, news distribution, market research and data and software services and solutions.

Nick currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic-American Chamber of Commerce. In addition, Nick acts as an editor for IM Deals® (a blog covering investment management industry transactions).

Nick received a B.S. degree, magna cum laude, from New York University’s Stern School of Business in 1996, and a J.D. degree from New York University School of Law in 1999.