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Nathan D. Imfeld

Partner

Nathan (Nate) Imfeld advises and represents clients, especially family-owned or controlled manufacturers and distributors, in solving complex product distribution, dealer network, and sales channel issues. Nate also assists many of these same enterprises with shareholder, trust, generational succession, and family office problems. Nate’s passion is helping his clients assess, manage, and navigate difficult situations to find creative solutions, both in and out of litigation.

Representatieve ervaring

  • Represented the majority shareholder group of a $250 million multigenerational family business in litigating a dispute over control of the company
  • Advised a multigenerational business-owning family with $400 million dollars in assets, assessing and building out its family office
  • Represented the beneficiaries of a significant family trust in litigation with a trustee who was also a family member
  • Negotiated a favorable settlement for a privately owned professional services firm in a valuation dispute with a former shareholder
  • Represented a special board committee investigating shareholder claims of wrongdoing against the company’s senior management
  • Secured dismissal of a wrongful termination claim by a former product distributor against a manufacturer
  • Represented a significant equipment manufacturer in litigating a “bet-the-network” dispute with one of its product distributors

Prijzen en erkenning

  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch recognition for Commercial Litigation (2023-2024) and Alternative Dispute Resolution (2024)

Betrokkenheid bij de gemeenschap

  • Nate has donated hundreds of hours of pro bono representation to indigent community members in litigation, and actively serves on the boards of several local nonprofits.
20 oktober 2025 In het nieuws

Nathan Imfeld en Nicholas Chamis onderzoeken de uitdagingen en kansen van familie-investeringen

Foley & Lardner LLP-partner Nathan Imfeld en senior counsel Nicholas Chamis bespraken het investeren in activa die financieel rendement combineren met gedeelde familiebelangen in het artikel "Beyond Financial Returns" van The Family Office Professional: Investeringen die een familie verenigen.
3 juni 2025 Evenementen

FO PRO: ALIGN: de familie en het familiekantoor met elkaar verbinden

Foley-partner Nate Imfeld en senior counsel Nicholas Chamis spreken op de komende ALIGN Conference, georganiseerd door Family Business Magazine in Chicago, Illinois. Ze zullen de breakout sessie, Sportteams, AI, Bitcoin en meer, verzorgen.
3 februari 2025 Persberichten

Foley kondigt 2025 nieuwe partnerklasse aan

Foley & Lardner LLP kondigt met genoegen de promotie van 17 advocaten tot partner aan, met ingang van 1 februari 2025.
June 12, 2024 Events

ALIGN: Connecting the Family and the Family Office

During the ALIGN conference, Nate Imfeld, Senior Counsel at Foley & Lardner LLP, interviewed Scott Peppet, President of Chai Trust Company, LLC, the private company that administers trusts established for the benefit of members of Sam Zell’s family and that serves as the Zell family office.
17 augustus 2023 Onderscheidingen

Foley advocaten opgenomen in 2024 Best Lawyers in America

Foley & Lardner LLP kondigde vandaag met trots aan dat 236 advocaten van het kantoor, verspreid over 20 kantoren in de VS, zijn opgenomen in de 2024 editie van The Best Lawyers in America©.
11 May 2023 Events

Encouraging Generational Entrepreneurship

On May 11, 2023, join Nate Imfeld, Litigation Senior Counsel, and Nate Christensen, Business Law Counsel at Foley Lardner; and David Shaw, Publishing Director at Family Business Magazine, as they discuss ways to foster philanthropic and for-profit entrepreneurship in the next generation.