Practice Areas & Industries: Williams Mullen

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Williams Mullen attorneys help clients acquire the capital they need to grow their businesses. We handle sophisticated public and private offerings of debt and equity securities; venture capital and small business financing; tax-exempt financings and mortgage and asset-backed securitizations. We understand how to negotiate and document financing of all types and are committed to providing highly efficient and highly effective representation for every situation.

Securities Offerings

• Counseling and representing issuers in initial public offerings
• Shelf registrations (allocated and unallocated)
• Registration of business combination transactions
• Institutional private placements
• Commercial paper programs
• Registration of employee benefit plans
• Registration of dividend reinvestment and stock purchase plans

Venture Capital and Small Business Financing

• Financing start-up businesses
• Counseling and advice on federal and state sources of capital
• "Mezzanine" and venture capital transactions

Tax-Exempt Financings

• Private activity (conduit) financings
• State and local government general obligation and revenue issues
• Issuance of complex structured finance obligations
• Financial institution purchases of bonds or issuance of credit enhancement to support bond issues
• Restructuring and reissuance of tax-exempt obligations

Securitization

• Formation of bankruptcy-remote entities
• Establishment of securitization programs and related policies and procedures
• Acquisitions of securitizable assets
• Development and analysis of transaction structures
• Creation of innovative financing vehicles to accommodate unique asset types
• Rating agency presentations
• Negotiation of interim warehouse facilities
• Preparation of public and private offering materials
• Sales to conduits
• Servicing arrangements