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William Cooper

Work Department

Corporate/Securities

Position

Partner

Career

Bill’s practice includes (i) all types of capital markets transactions representing both issuers and underwriters, including IPOs and follow-on equity offerings, debt and convertible or exchangeable security offerings and "registered direct" offerings and private placements, including Rule 144A offerings and PIPEs, and (ii) public and private merger, acquisition and disposition transactions and joint ventures, representing acquirors, sellers, special committees and financial advisors. Bill has particular experience with publicly traded partnerships (or MLPs), including private formation transactions, IPOs, sponsor “drop down" transactions and conflicts committee representation. Before attending law school, Bill was on the editorial staff at Vanity Fair magazine.

Education

JD, 1995, Emory University School of Law BA, 1987, cum laude, Princeton University