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Experience and Background
William G. Lawlor represents corporate clients, boards of directors, and special committees in domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, including negotiated and contested transactions. He also advises clients on securities offerings, proxy contests, and general corporate matters. He is recognized as a leading lawyer in The Legal 500 (USA) as well as in Chambers USA, a referral guide to leading lawyers in the United States. In a recent edition of Chambers, Mr. Lawlor was cited as "a super tough negotiator and a quick thinker--a lawyer you would follow to any corner of the States."
Significant Representations
A sampling of recent engagements include:
-- $5.6 billion acquisition, several multi-billion dollar debt restructurings, and a $750 million divestiture by Crown Cork & Seal;
-- $1 billion divestiture and a $460 million tender offer by Rohm and Haas;
-- $170 million tender offer by an associated company of Siemens AG;
-- $1 billion tender offer by Dyckerhoff AG;
-- $550 million IPO and debt placement by Constar International, Inc.;
-- $255 million acquisition and a $352 million acquisition by Israel Chemicals Ltd.;
-- Trian Fund Management, L.P. proxy contest to elect directors of HJ Heinz.; and
-- $650 million leveraged recapitalization and a $270 million tender offer by companies associated with the private equity sponsor Bruckmann Rosser & Sherrill.
Professional Activities
- Trustee, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society-Eastern PA Chapter
- Director, World Affairs Council of Philadelphia
Education
University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1977
Stanford Law School, J.D., 1980
Publications and Lectures
A representation of articles authored or co-authored by Mr. Lawlor include:
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