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Nicole Snyder

Partner

800 W. Main Street, Suite 1750, Boise, ID 83702
P 208.383.3939
OVERVIEW

Nicole Snyder guides clients at every stage of the corporate life cycle from initial formation and structure through complex mergers and acquisitions and financings.

She also serves as outside general counsel to some of Idaho’s most successful companies.

Strategic Advisor: Nicole delivers strategic counsel to small and large businesses, nonprofit corporations, and governmental entities on all aspects of corporate law.

Employment Advice in Business Transactions: Nicole advises clients how to handle complex employment matters that arise in connection with business acquisitions, including layoffs and executive compensation. 

Nicole recently completed a three-year term as one of the five members of Holland & Hart’s Management Committee, which oversees the management and strategic direction of the entire firm. She recently served as the Administrative Partner for the Boise office. 

EXPERIENCE

Experience

Corporate Law

Nicole works with clients in a variety of industries, including technology, retail, construction, mining, healthcare, engineering, waste management, agriculture, and education. She assists clients in all phases of corporate law, including:

  • Complex mergers and acquisitions
  • Debt and equity financing
  • Venture capital opportunities
  • Investment and financing
  • Corporate formation and structure
  • Governance and compliance
  • Restructuring
  • Recapitalization
Employment Law

Nicole counsels businesses on workplace and workforce management matters:

  • Drafting and negotiating executive employment agreements, including benefit packages and non-compete agreements
  • Severance agreements and employment separation counseling
  • Compliance with wage and hour, leaves, and discrimination laws
  • Compliance with Federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notices
CLIENT RESULTS

Client Results

Corporate Law

  • $31 million stock purchase of Northwest services company.

  • $27 million asset sale of Northwest restaurant franchise business.

  • $30 million stock sale of international janitorial service company.

  • Asset sale of agriculture technology software company.

  • Asset purchase of Mexico-based manufacturing company.

  • Asset sale of national vitamin-manufacturing company.

  • International private equity financing for construction component manufacturing company.

  • Outside general counsel to major retail sales company with operations in nine states.

  • Corporate counsel in $100 million and $70 million financings of national retail company.

Employment Law

  • WARN Act analysis, notices, and severance packages for public company of over 800 employees.

PRACTICES

Practices

Mergers and Acquisitions
Emerging Growth
Securities and Capital Markets
Venture Capital and Private Equity
Trade Secrets and Non-Competes
Corporate
NEWS AND INSIGHTS

News

Chambers USA 2018 Ranks Holland & Hart Lawyers and Practices, 05/03/2018
Chambers USA 2017 Ranks Holland & Hart Lawyers and Practices in Idaho, 05/26/2017
Chambers USA 2017 Ranks Holland & Hart Lawyers and Practices, 05/26/2017
Nicole Snyder Elected to Holland & Hart Management Committee, 1/6/2015
Boise Partner Nicole Snyder Named Among Outstanding Women of the Year, 2014
Nicole Snyder sourced in Idaho Business Review "‘Support staff at law firms see their jobs redefined" article, 4/7/2014
Holland & Hart Relocates Boise Office to Eighth & Main, 2/26/2014

Publications

"Separation Anxiety: Noncompete agreements protect the practice when a veterinarian leaves, but they are not always enforceable," Today's Veterinary Business, August/September 2018
"Idaho Legislature Repeals 2016 Changes to Non-Compete Law," Employers' Lawyers Blog, Co-Author, April 9, 2018
"New Concerns for Employers and HR Departments post-Equifax Cyber Breach," Holland & Hart News Update, Co-Author, 09/18/2017
"Non-compete Laws: Idaho," Practical Law Company, June 2012, updated through 2018
"Mini-WARN Acts: Idaho," Practical Law Company, May 2012, updated through 2017
"Employment at Will: a State-By-State Survey," Idaho chapter, Bloomberg BNA, Co-Author, 2011, updated through 2017
"Understanding the Federal WARN Act and Its Impact on the Sale of a Business," The Advocate, Co-Author, September 2009

Speaking Engagements

"Healthcare Mergers and Acquisitions: Key Legal Issues," August 2018
"Corporate and Private Veterinary Practice: Buy/Sell/Benefits and Pitfalls," American Veterinary Medical Law Association, July 2018
"Hot Topics for In-House Counsel," Presentation to local in-house counsel, July 2018
"CEO Succession Planning," Association of Corporate Counsel, Boise Chapter, Moderator, January 2017
"International Distribution and Sales Representative Agreements," Legal Considerations for International Business Seminar, February 2016
"Noncompete Agreements, Interns, and Independent Contractors," Idaho Society of Human Resources Management, November 2014
"Navigating Through Real Life HR Challenges," Holland & Hart Seminar for In-House Counsel, October 2014
"Wage and Hour Laws in the Healthcare Industry," Holland & Hart Health Law Basics Webinar, April 9, 2014
"Noncompete Agreements," Firm Presentation, February 23, 2012
EDUCATION AND ADMISSIONS

Education

University of Michigan Law School
J.D., 2001
  • Associate Editor, University of Michigan Law Review
University of San Diego
B.A., 1997
  • magna cum laude

Bar Admissions

Idaho
RECOGNITION

Recognition

  • Idaho Business Review, Idaho Women of the Year Award, 2015
  • Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Corporate/Commercial, 2011-2018
  • Idaho Business Review, Accomplished Under 40, 2011
  • Mountain States Super Lawyers® Rising Stars, Business/Corporate, 2008, 2009, 2011-2015
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC AFFILIATIONS

Professional and Civic Affiliations

  • National Association of Corporate Directors, Northwest Chapter/Boise, Advisory Council Member, 2016
  • Idaho Human Resources Association for the Treasure Valley, Member
  • TerraLex Idaho Representative, 2014-present
  • Idaho State Bar Business and Corporate Law Section, Member and Past Chairperson and Governing Council, 2002-present
  • Idaho State Bar Diversity Section, Founding Member
  • Idaho Women Lawyers, Board of Directors, 2007-2009
  • Boise Art Museum, Past Member and Past President of the Board of Trustees
  • American Bar Association, Member
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