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Attorney By Attorney Career Profiles of the Profession Who? Nathaniel L. Doliner ndoliner@carltonfields.com What? Primary Practice Area & Subspecialty Fields: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law When? Years in Practice Area: Since 1978 Years in the Legal Profession: Since 1973 Where? Employer: Carlton Fields, P.A. http://www.carltonfields.com Size/Sector: 200+ City/State: Tampa, FL Law School: Vanderbilt Undergraduate School/Degree: George Washington-B.A. Other Post-Graduate Education: LLM, University of Florida Law School Why? Pluses/Challenges of Practice Area: Pluses: Exciting, dynamic practice area very tied to U.S. and global economy. Learning about many different industries and businesses and working with many legal specialists. Challenges: Simplifying complex legal issues so that clients will understand them. Balancing all of the demands on time. Core Skills/Key Knowledge Needed in Your Practice Area: Core competence in certain areas of law, i.e. corporate, and working knowledge of certain other areas. Ability to get along with people and negotiate; drafting skills, working knowledge of certain accounting concepts. Ability to work as a team with many legal specialists. Advice to Lawyers and Law Students Interested in Your Practice Area: Take as many corporate law, business planning, tax, accounting, and commercial law courses as you can. How? Career Path to Current Position: Started with tax and corporate work; evolved into M & A and business counseling. Influences and Mentors: In the ABA: Pat Garrett, Karl Ege, Vince Garrity. Suggested Reading About Your Practice Area: Model Stock Purchase Agreement (ABA), Model Asset Purchase Agreement (ABA), Manual on Acquisition Review (ABA), Kling and Nugent Simon-Negotiated Acquisitions of Companies, Subsidiaries and Divisions (Law Journal Seminars-Press), Freund-Anatomy of a Merger (Law Journal Seminars-Press). Bar Affiliations and Activities: ABA Business Law Section. Recent Professional Presentations: ABA National Institute-Negotiating Business Acquisitions, ABA National Institute-International Joint Ventures for The Old & New Economies. Memorable Career Moment: Closing some great deals and becoming chair of the Negotiated Acquisitions Committee. Intriguing Interests: Reading, exercise, music, & spending time with family & friends.