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Nathan J. Feltman |

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Professional Experience

Nate Feltman counsels clients through a variety of economic development, corporate and commercial transactions. He has experience representing public and private companies and private equity and venture capital funds.

Before working with Baker & Daniels, Nate served as Secretary of Commerce for the State of Indiana and as CEO of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC). As Secretary of Commerce, Nate was a member of Governor Mitch Daniels' cabinet and led Indiana's economic development efforts. From 2005 to 2006, he served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel to the IEDC. From 2005 to 2008, Nate represented the State of Indiana in the negotiation of incentives with more than 700 companies (including Honda, Toyota, Medco and Amazon) that chose to create jobs and invest in Indiana. His work at the IEDC took him around the world in search of investment and jobs, as he organized trade missions with Governor Daniels to Asia and Europe.

While with the IEDC, Nate served on the 21^st Century & Development Fund Advisory Board, a state fund that provides seed capital to early stage companies developing innovative technologies in Indiana. He also worked closely with legislators to help reform and improve economic development legislation in Indiana. 

Prior to his state service, Nate served as a partner with Ice Miller in Indianapolis and Altheimer & Gray in Chicago, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions, cross-border transactions and general corporate representations. Before his U.S. legal experience, Nate spent nearly four years in Moscow with the international law firms of Baker & McKenzie and Steptoe & Johnson, where he represented multi-national companies seeking to do business in Russia through joint ventures, capital investments, trade relationships, licensing and franchising arrangements.

Honors

• Indiana Leadership Forum — Founders Award for Achievement in Business, 2008
• Indy's Best & Brightest — Government Winner, 2007
• Indianapolis Business Journal — Forty Under 40, 2006
• Indiana University College of Arts & Sciences — Outstanding Young Alumni Award, 2006
• Indiana International & Comparative Law Review — Note Editor, 1994

Civic Activities

• BioCrossroads, BioCrossroads Linx, BioCrossroads Seed Fund — Board Member and Executive Committee Member, 2006-08

Memberships

• Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis Alumni Association — Board Member and Past President

Publications

• "The Letter of Intent – To Bind or Not to Bind," M&A Monitor, U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Middle Market Mergers & Acquisitions Newsletter, April 28, 2003
• "International Laws and Developments on Security Interests in Intangible Assets: Russia," The New Role of Intellectual Property in Commercial Transactions, Second Edition – Russia Chapter; Melvin Simensky et al.; John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1999
• "Legal Update: Russian Limited Liability Company Law," Am Cham News, American Chamber of Commerce in Russia, May-June Edition, 1998

Presentations

• In his role as Secretary of Commerce for the State of Indiana, Nate gave presentations on a variety of topics related to economic development and business matters.