Paul M. Williams

Partner

Paul M. Williams advises clients on a range of merger, acquisition, disposition, development, and financing transactions, including cross-border transactions. Specifically, Paul focuses his practice on the acquisition, divestiture, financing, and development of energy, industrial, commercial, and mixed-use projects. He provides advice to conventional resource companies, energy companies, real estate developers, lenders, venture capital and private equity investors, owners, and operators.

selected representations

Real Estate

Advised a multinational luxury goods conglomerate as to the acquisition of several properties on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California
Advised a multinational luxury goods conglomerate as to the development of commercial properties in California
Advised a multinational luxury goods conglomerate as to the acquisition of winery and vineyard properties in Northern California
Advised the nation’s largest developer, owner, and manager of high-quality student housing in long-term ground lease and development transactions on college and university campuses
Advised a private university as to the acquisition of land for and the development of a medical center
Advised a strategic investor as to the acquisition and development of commercial properties in Silicon Valley
Advised a multinational conglomerate as to the acquisition of data storage facilities across six states in the United States
Advised a private equity group as to the investment in an automotive parts manufacturing business and its real estate assets in several US locations
Advised a private equity group as to the investment in an aviation parts manufacturing business and its real estate assets in several US locations
Advised a multinational manufacturing company as to the acquisition of a cold storage facility in California
Advised various purchasers as to luxury residential purchases in Southern and Northern California

Energy and Natural Resources

Advised a financial services conglomerate with respect to debt and equity investments in several oil and gas projects in California
Advised an independent oil and gas company as to the acquisition and development of oilfield properties in Southern California
Advised an independent oil and gas company with respect to the development of a drilling program in the Cat Canyon field in California
Advised an independent oil and gas company with respect to leasing diatomite formation targets in California
Advised a strategic investor as to the acquisition of land for and the development of housing for oilfield services workers in North Dakota
Advised a petrochemicals company as to the acquisition and development of a site for the production of biofuels in California
Advised a private university as to the investment in certain mineral properties
Advised a global power company on the leasing and development of a power generation facility in Huntington Beach, California
Advised a global power company on the leasing and development of a power generation and energy storage facility in Long Beach, California
Advised a global power company on the sale of a power generation facility in Southern California
Advised a global power company on the leasing and development of an energy storage facility in Arizona
Advised a global power company on the leasing and development of solar energy production and energy storage facilities in California
Advised a global power company on the leasing and development of solar energy production and energy storage facilities in Hawaii
Advised a global power company on the leasing and development of a power generation facility in California
Advised a multinational conglomerate on the leasing and development of solar energy production facilities in Massachusetts and New York
Advised an independent power producer as to the acquisition and repowering of several sites in California
Advised an independent power producer as to the ground leasing and development of a co-generation facility in California
Advised a public utility on the decommissioning and sale of a gas storage facility in the United States
Advised a multinational petrochemical company as to two facility acquisitions in California
Advised a multinational conglomerate as to the sale of a co-generation facility in California
Advised a multinational petrochemical company as to a chemicals facility acquisition in British Columbia, Canada
Advised an international oil and gas exploration and production company as to a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility acquisition in British Columbia, Canada
Advised an international oil and gas exploration and production company as to the sale of its LNG business and refinery assets in Alberta and Ontario, Canada

Finance

Represented institutional investor groups with secured financing in connection with a dormitory privatization
Represented institutional investor groups with secured financing in connection with the construction and operation of a port facility
Represented the lender in a construction financing secured by a multifamily property in Riverside County, California
Represented the lender in a senior financing secured by an industrial property in Healdsburg, California
Represented the lender in a construction financing secured by a multifamily property in Huntington Beach, California
Represented the lender in a senior financing secured by a commercial property in San Dimas, California
Represented the lender in a senior financing secured by a commercial property in Encinitas, California
Represented the lender in a senior financing secured by a commercial property in Brea, California