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.

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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 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.

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 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 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.