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    Isaac Figueras

    Partner / Deputy Co-leader, Food, Beverage & Agribusiness


    • Rochester
    • Office585.263.1038
    • ifigueras@nixonpeabody.com
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    Introduction

    Isaac Figueras is a partner in Nixon Peabody’s M&A and Corporate Transactions group. Isaac focuses his practice on business transactions and general corporate work. He has experience with private equity offerings and representing clients in transactions involving federal and state securities laws and regulations.

    Practice Areas

    M&A and Corporate TransactionsCorporate & FinancePrivate Equity & Investment FundsSecurities & Capital Markets

    Industries

    Food, Beverage & Agribusiness

    My focus

    I focus my practice on corporate and finance matters, often acting as outside counsel to my clients for commercial agreements, corporate matters, and mergers and acquisitions.

    Mergers and Acquisitions

    I frequently counsel clients in the negotiation and management of business acquisitions, mergers, and sales. I represent both sellers and buyers in these transactions and work to help my clients manage risk between parties to these agreements. I represent clients in a variety of industries, with particular emphasis on the beverage alcohol, health care, and security services verticals. In each transaction, my focus is on helping my clients accomplish their goals in a reasonable and efficient manner.

    General Business Counseling and Commercial Agreements

    As outside general counsel, I assist companies with all aspects of entity formation and also have experience drafting operating, shareholders’, and buy-sell agreements. In addition, I advise clients with daily legal issues, such as responding to or preparing vendor agreements, noncompetition and/or confidentiality agreements, and similar contracts. I help my clients address commercial issues using practical legal solutions and assist them in protecting their interests while still building their relationships with their vendors, suppliers, and customers.

    Private Offerings

    I facilitate private securities placements for my clients, including drafting private placement memoranda and related documents (shareholders’ agreements, investors’ rights agreements, limited liability company agreements, and similar agreements) as well as preparing and filing necessary documentation with applicable federal and state regulatory authorities.

    Looking ahead

    After two years of near continuous disruptions (COVID-19, supply chain issues, natural disasters, and other events), parties are revisiting numerous concepts in mergers and acquisitions and commercial agreements. Concepts such as force majeure clauses have been revisited repeatedly, and are now often used to address much broader concepts such as addressing the risk of increased market costs to perform an agreement or requiring vendors to prioritize a particular customer during a force majeure event. Similarly, the definition of “material adverse effect” in purchase agreements in the mergers and acquisitions context requires close analysis based upon the particular target company’s circumstances. Outside legal counsel must balance being innovative in drafting to address these concerns with monitoring new and evolving case law as legal disputes related to these disruptions increase.

    In the news

    • The New York Daily Record

      On the move

      Affordable Housing & Real Estate partners Lori Bowman and Matt Carrigg and Corporate partner Isaac Figueras, all of Rochester, are featured in this column of notable promotions and moves for their elevations as part of the firm’s new partner class.
      Feb 16, 2022
    • New York Law Journal

      Recent hirings and promotions of New York attorneys

      Affordable Housing & Real Estate partners Lori Bowman and Matt Carrigg and Corporate partner Isaac Figueras, all of Rochester, are featured in this roundup for their promotions to partner.
      Feb 8, 2022
    • The Deal

      Rising stars: Nixon Peabody, Duane Morris add to partner ranks

      This article on notable legal moves and hires in the M&A space features Rochester partner Isaac Figueras and Washington, DC partner Pierce Han, both of the Corporate group, for their promotions to partner, noting their legal practices and some of their recent prominent deals
      Feb 1, 2022
    • Rochester Business Journal

      Legality of mergers & acquisitions in the COVID era

      Corporate associate Isaac Figueras and Complex Commercial Disputes associate Eric Ferrante, both in Rochester, were quoted in this article for their outlook on force majeure clauses, commercial real estate leasing, and the impact of COVID and the California wildfires on supply chains.
      Nov 27, 2020
    • Modern Restaurant Management

      MRM Research Roundup: End-of-October 2020 Edition

      This roundup of current industry issues to watch highlights several thought leadership pieces from NP’s recently published fourth-quarter Food & Beverage Crystal Ball. The publication summarizes trends provided by San Francisco partner Alison Torbitt and counsel Ian O’Banion, both of the Affordable Housing & Real Estate Group; Rochester Corporate associate Isaac Figueras; and San Francisco Labor & Employment associates Rachel Conn and Maritza Martin.
      Nov 2, 2020
    • The American Lawyer

      Constellation Brands/Canopy Growth Corp.

      Nixon Peabody is mentioned as U.S. counsel for longtime client Constellation Brands in its acquisition of a 38 percent stake in Canopy Growth Corp., a Canadian distributor of cannabis products. The following attorneys were members of the deal team: Rochester Corporate partner Lori Green, Boston Global Finance partner Craig Mills, Washington, D.C. Corporate partner Lloyd Spencer, San Francisco Global Finance counsel Sarah Abel, Buffalo Global Finance associate Dan Fabian, Rochester Corporate associate Isaac Figueras, and Washington, D.C. Corporate associate Pierce Han.
      Dec 1, 2018
    • The Deal

      Constellation stashes more Canopy Growth

      Seven attorneys from the Corporate and Global Finance practices—Lori Green, Sarah Abel, Dan Fabian, Isaac Figueras, Pierce Han, Craig Mills and Lloyd Spencer—are mentioned in this story for advising client Constellation Brands on its cash investment in Canopy Growth Corp.
      Aug 15, 2018
    • FoodNavigator-USA

      Evolving M&A strategies seek to preserve “local” feel of regional brands post-partnership

      Rochester M&A and corporate transactions partner Tyler Savage and associate Isaac Figueras are featured in this article about how national and international brands are creating new strategies to enter regional markets.
      Jan 10, 2018
    • Rochester Business Journal

      Directors’ fiduciary duties come into focus at year-end

      Rochester Private Equity & Investment Funds partner Jeremy Wolk and M&A and Corporate Transactions associate Isaac Figueras authored this column about the fiduciary duties of boards of directors at year end.
      Nov 11, 2016
    • The Daily Record

      MCC hosts Valor Day for ‘One Team One Fight'

      This article discusses the Valor Day fair for veterans and active/reserve duty members of the Armed Forces. Rochester commercial litigation counsel Kevin Saunders is quoted and highlighted as a co-founder of the One Team One Fight initiative, which provides a one-stop resource for veterans seeking help with legal issues. Rochester associate Isaac Figueras is also mentioned as a volunteer.
      June 21, 2016

    Admitted to practice

    New York

    Education

    Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude
    Nazareth College, B.A., Philosophy/English, Concentration in Spanish, magna cum laude

    Recognition

    Received a 2021 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch recognition for Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law.

    Selected to Super Lawyers Magazine's 2019-2020 Upstate New York Rising Stars lists in the area of Mergers & Acquisitions.

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