About Nathan Wayne
Nathan Wayne Heyde is a corporate and transactional attorney at Varner & Brandt LLP in Riverside, California. He joined the State Bar of California in 2006. The firm, located at 3750 University Avenue, Sixth Floor, handles corporate and business law, real estate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and finance matters. He earned his J.D. from Whittier Law School in 2005, graduating cum laude — During law school, he studied at the University of Cantabria in Santander, Spain, in 2003. He completed his undergraduate studies at Sonoma State University, obtaining a B.A. in 2000.
His practice focuses on corporate and business law, including entity formation and dissolution, asset and stock acquisitions, venture financing, real estate acquisitions, and intellectual property protection and licensing. He has guided businesses in forming venture capital funds and domestic and international investments, private placements, and exempt securities offerings. He also has experience assisting financial institutions with regulatory compliance, corporate governance, contract negotiations, financial privacy, and advertising. He has negotiated and drafted contracts for electronic banking, payment systems, and non-deposit products, leading a regional client in a multi-million dollar national money transmission licensing project. In 2008, he successfully completed a national licensing campaign for a rapidly growing stored value card/money transmitter company in the U.S. The multi-million dollar transaction involved over a year of preparation, negotiations, filings. Administrative hearings.
The company now operates nationally in the emerging stored value card industry. In January 2009, he assisted in the re-acquisition of a regional paper products distribution company by its founding family. This transaction involved the sale of all company assets, financial restructuring, complex redemption of shares, and the appointment of a new management team. He was a member of the Law Review, Moot Court Honors Board, and Trial Advocacy Honors Board during law school. He received the CALI Award for Agency and Law Review. He has been involved in pro bono work with the Foothill AIDS Project and served as a board member for the Greater Riverside Chamber Downtown Business Council. He authored "Can You Keep a Secret?
The 'Similar Relationship of Trust and Confidence' in the Misappropriation Theory: U.S. v — Kim," published in the Whittier Law Review in 2004. He is a member of the State Bar of California and the Riverside County Bar Association. He is recognized for his professional involvement by Lawyer Legion in 2025 — He speaks English and conversational Spanish.
