Benjamin R. Wills

Partner

Significant transactional representations (in addition to general day-to-day corporate and securities compliance representations) include:

• Representation of a major petroleum refiner in acquisitions and dispositions aggregating approximately $450 million in purchase price.
• Representation of a petroleum products transportation and storage MLP in its $440 million acquisition of a natural gas storage cavern.
• Representation of an energy marketing company in its $50 million sale of a propane and butane terminal.
• Representation of a coal production company in its $25 million purchase of interests in a coal producer.
• Representation of a Mid-Atlantic financial services holding company in the public offering of $345 million of common stock, $50 million of trust preferred securities and the private offering of $300 million of preferred securities in the TARP program, as well as in numerous acquisitions aggregating over $1 billion in purchase price.
• Representation of a major pharmaceutical company in its $135 million purchase of a specialty pharmaceutical manufacturer.
• Representation of NYSE-listed mid-cap pharmaceutical company in its $300 million bid for a Nasdaq-listed pharmaceutical company.
• Representation of the two largest shareholders in the sale of a business process outsourcing company in the healthcare industry to a Midwest health insurance company for $175 million.
• Representation of a global provider of electronic components and sub-systems in its $185 million purchase of an electronics component manufacturer.
• Representation of a North American printer in its $110 million sale of its U.S. direct mail operations.
• Representation of a financial investor in its $100 million sale of interests in five portfolio companies.
• Representation of providers of online payment systems and gift cards in their sale to a major bank for purchase prices aggregating approximately $250 million.