Bill maintains a robust and diverse practice, advising business owners and in-house legal teams on all types of corporate transactions, from real estate and tax credit financing to capital raises and exit planning. As a senior member of the firm’s M+A team, he works closely with executive leadership teams as outside general counsel to formulate deal strategies and lead transactions through closing.
Bill also offers experienced counsel to his emerging business clients, working with startups and other growth-focused companies on a broad range of fundraising, structuring, regulatory, and risk management matters.
Startups + Emerging Businesses
Bill partners with entrepreneurs and family-owned businesses in the beginning stages of developing a business, helping them with initial registration and filing requirements, and guiding them through the legal issues related to licensing and permits, formation, startup, growth, franchising, finance, compliance, and sale. He regularly advises clients on matters pertaining to company structuring, economic incentives, and fundraising, including providing guidance and managing the processes and documents related to successfully closing early-stage investment rounds.
Mergers + Acquisitions
Bill works with companies on their most significant corporate transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, private equity investments, mergers, and financing arrangements. He advises both buyers and sellers in commercial transactions and maintains a focus on the real estate issues at play as growing businesses are looking to expand operations.
Commercial + Real Estate Financing
Along with advising a major telecommunications services provider on title and leasing issues, Bill represents real estate developers, lenders, and commercial borrowers of all sizes in a wide range of financing transactions, including real estate acquisition financing, mezzanine financing, construction and permanent financing, and syndicated loans. Bill also has tremendous experience guiding lenders and borrowers throughout the entire process of financing affordable multifamily properties, providing counsel on all aspects of conventional, tax credit and HUD-insured financing and refinancing. He advises clients in the structuring and negotiation of new investments and other complex financings, such as projects involving public/private partnerships or mixed financing sources.
Energy + Environment
Bill is also a key member of the firm’s energy and environmental practice, providing guidance to oil and gas producers and developers for a variety of needs. Having developed significant experience in the transfer and retention of mineral rights and analysis of mineral interest titles, Bill is able to explain complex topics to clients in a clear and easy-to-understand manner, which allows him to help clients on a variety of other complicated matters, including leasing, production, and midstream issues.
- Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., 2011)
- The Ohio State University (B.A., 2008)
- Ohio
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
- Columbus Bar Association, member
- Ohio State Bar Association, member
- Founding Board Member of American Energy Heroes: the first ever national 501(c)(3) focused on benefiting individuals and families affected by accidents occurring in the pursuit of energy exploration and production (2015)
