Overview
Billy focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions and general corporate matters. He represents private equity sponsors and public and private companies in connection with domestic and international mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, direct investments, corporate restructurings, recapitalizations and similar transactions. Billy also regularly advises on various general corporate matters, including organizational matters, corporate governance, equity incentive matters and commercial contracts.
Billy’s transaction experience spans a variety of industries, including information technology and software, healthcare services and physician practice management, life sciences and pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, insurance, food and beverage, retail products, waste management, chemicals, business services, manufacturing, mining and industrial supply.
Results
- Represented Neurovance, a venture-funded company focused on developing a novel ADHD therapy, in its sale to Otsuka Pharmaceutical pursuant to which Otsuka paid US$100 million up front, plus additional contingent consideration payable upon achievement of post-closing milestones
- Represented H.I.G. Capital, LLC, a Miami, Florida-based private equity firm, in multiple add-on acquisitions for its portfolio company Harrison Gypsum, LLC (d/b/a ACG Materials), a national provider of rock, minerals and related products, including the acquisitions of Pinnacle Materials, LLC’s Eagle Ford Division, The Gravel Company, LLC, J.A. Jack & Sons, Inc., and Art Wilson Co.
- Represented Peak Rock Capital, LLC, an Austin, Texas-based private equity firm, in multiple platform and add-on acquisitions, including the acquisitions of Atlas Paper Mills, LLC, Accurate Paper Recycling, Inc., Roses Southeast Papers, LLC, Hunter’s Specialties, Inc., and Buck Bomb, Inc.
- Represented Moelis Capital Partners, LLC, a New York-based private equity firm, in its acquisition of OmniSYS, LLC, a market leader in processing medical claims and providing compliance services for retail and mail order pharmacies
- Represented The HEICO Companies, LLC, a diversified holding company, in its acquisition of Kinedyne Corporation, a leading manufacturer and distributor of cargo control products, as well as Kinedyne Corporation’s Canadian, Mexican and Chinese affiliates and subsidiaries
- Represented Baxter International, Inc. (NYSE: BAX), a global leader in medical devices and bioscience products, in its acquisition of Chatham Therapeutics, LLC, a clinical development-stage biotechnology company, for an upfront payment of $70 million, plus additional contingent consideration payable upon achievement of certain milestones
- Represented Mitsui & Co. (USA), Inc., a US subsidiary of the diversified Japanese general trading company Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (TYO: 8031), in its investment in Sanderling Renal Services, a provider of dialysis and renal services
- Represented Kingsway Financial Services, Inc. (NYSE: KFS), a holding company with subsidiaries primarily engaged in the property and casualty insurance business, in the sale of Assigned Risk Solutions, Ltd. to National General Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: NGHC) for $47 million
- Represented Duvel Moortgat NV, a family-controlled Belgian brewery founded in 1871, in its investment in Firestone Walker Brewing Company, a Paso Robles, California-based craft beer company
- Represented Panduit Corp., a global leader in unified physical infrastructure-based solutions, in its acquisition of SynapSense Corporation, a leading provider of wireless data center monitoring and cooling control solutions
Credentials
Education
University of Minnesota Law School, JD, magna cum laude, 2008
University of Notre Dame, BA, 2003
Admissions
Illinois
