Bio

William Mills is co-chair of Cadwalader’s Corporate Group and a former member of the Firm’s Management Committee. He represents clients in a wide range of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, public and private securities offerings, shareholder activism, proxy contests, spin-offs, leveraged buyouts, tender and exchange offers, and joint ventures. He regularly advises public companies and boards of directors on corporate governance, fiduciary duty and disclosure matters, as well as investment banks as financial advisers on M&A and other transactions. Bill also advises clients on complex transactions involving distressed companies and assets, including mergers, acquisitions, investments and financings, as well as restructurings. Bill is recognized as a leading M&A lawyer by IFLR1000 and a "Key Individual" by Legal 500, which describes him as "a very knowledgeable corporate lawyer with a very calm demeanor who does not get flustered no matter how intense the negotiations." He has also been recognized by Lawdragon as one of the “500 Leading Dealmakers in America.” Bill is a published author and a frequent speaker on M&A, corporate governance and securities laws matters, including at the Tulane Corporate Law Institute, where he has participated in recent panels, "Current Best Practices in Considering and Approving Transactions in Target and Buyer Company Board Rooms" and "What's Market in Merger Agreements," and at the Association of Corporate Counsel’s New York City Chapter, where he recently presented on "2018 Trends in M&A: Diligence, Drafting, Deal Certainty and Integration Expectations" and "ESG and Corporate Governance: Lessons for In-House Counsel." He serves on the Board of Advisors of the University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Law & Economics. Bill received his A.B., cum laude, from Georgetown University and his J.D. from Fordham Law School, where he was Notes and Comments Editor of the International Law Journal.