Bio

William Conti concentrates his practice in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate and federal securities law, finance, and general business and transactional matters. Bill serves as lead acquisition counsel for several of the largest corporations in the world and investment funds in both domestic and international transactions. He has extensive international mergers and acquisitions experience and has served as lead counsel in more than 40 cross-border transactions. He has represented clients as lead securities counsel in initial public offerings, private placements, going-private transactions, proxy contests and in connection with tender offers, as well as in general compliance matters. His finance experience arises primarily in connection with the financing of acquisitions, for which he also acts as lead acquisition counsel. Since 1994, Bill has served as head of the firm's Washington, D.C., office business practice, which includes administrative responsibility for and coordination of the securities, corporate, finance, mergers and acquisitions, and other practices in the D.C. office and with the firm's 10 other offices.