As co-leader of the firm’s global mergers and acquisitions practice, Benjamin R. Wills has more than 20 years of experience advising clients on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, securities compliance, and corporate governance issues. Ben represents multinational public and private companies from a variety of industries, including energy, life sciences, telecommunications, technology, financial services and manufacturing. In the energy industry, Ben has experience in midstream and downstream oil and gas transactions, including the representation of master limited partnerships and negotiating complex, long-term commercial agreements.
Significant transactional representations include:
Most Outstanding Dealmaker of the Year - Middle Market, The Deal Awards, The Deal (2022)
Recommended, Industry focus: Energy transactions: oil and gas, The Legal 500 US (2021)
Notable Practitioner, IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate (2019–2022)
Notable Practitioner, IFLR1000 United States (2018)
Member, Law Firm of the Year, Energy/Projects: Power (including Renewables), Chambers USA (2018)
Member, Practice Group of the Year, Energy, Law360 (2016)
Member, Energy Law Firm of the Year, US News & World Report/Best Lawyers (2015)
Noted in The Legal 500 for Mergers and Acquisitions (2014); M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A – Large Deals ($1bn+) (2016)
Associate Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review
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