William J. Swartzwelder
Of Counsel
- J.D., University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law, summa cum laude, Member, UA Little Rock Law Review
- B.B.A., University of Central Arkansas
- Arkansas
Bill is part of a team based in Arkansas that has a local and national practice representing clients across a wide array of corporate and securities matters, including mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, public and private offerings of securities, corporate governance, venture capital investments, formation and structuring of private investment funds, and other related transactional and regulatory matters. Bill focuses his practice primarily on:
- representing buyers and sellers in mergers & acquisitions transactions;
- representing private companies in connection with the issuance of equity and debt securities, including preferred equity, convertible debt and other forms of venture capital financing;
- representing private institutional and individual investors in connection with minority investments in private companies and investment funds;
- representing renewable energy developers and investors in connection with the acquisition and disposition of renewable energy projects in all stages of development;
- representing fund sponsors in connection with the formation and structuring of private investment funds, including with respect to exemptions from the registration requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, Investment Advisers Act of 1940, Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Securities Act of 1933; and
- general advice and compliance with respect to matters of state law applicable to the formation and governance of corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, and other forms of business entities.
Bill has experience representing clients across a wide array of industries, particularly software and technology, construction and waste services, financial services, renewable energy, telecommunications, retail, and food and beverage. Bill’s recent representations include:
Software and Technology
- A private equity group in its $27.5 million acquisition of a relocation software and tech-enabled services provider;
- A private equity group in its $70 million acquisition of a cloud-based e-discovery services provider;
- A technology-driven litigation support company in its $19 million sale to a private equity group;
- An early-stage housing data analytics company in connection with an investment by an institutional investor in Series A preferred stock;
- An early-stage cyber-security company in its offering of series seed preferred stock;
- A regional hospital system in its minority investment in a healthcare technology joint venture;
Construction and Waste Services
- A national mechanical services company in its $250 million sale to a private equity group;
- Firmament Group, a New York-based private equity group, in its acquisition of Whitecap Waste Holdings, LLC, a leading waste collection service company based in southern West Virginia;
- An oil pipeline construction business in its $22.5 million sale to a private equity buyer;
Financial Services
- Stone Bancshares, Inc. in its merger with Alton Bancshares, Inc.;
- A financial services and payment processing company in its $75 million sale to a private-equity-backed payment processor;
Food and Beverage
- Westrock Coffee Company in its strategic acquisition of Bixby Coffee;
- Westrock Coffee Company in its strategic acquisition of Kohana Coffee;
- Safe Foods Corporation, a global leader in food safety processing, in its merger with Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. Ltd., a leading provider of food safety and contract sanitation services for food processing facilities;
Renewable Energy
- A global financial services group in its minority investment in a Virginia-based energy services company;
- A Spanish renewable energy developer in its acquisition of two solar energy projects in Arkansas having an aggregate nameplate capacity of 270 MWac;
- A leading renewable energy developer in its disposition of a 260 MWac solar energy project in Georgia;
- A leading renewable energy developer in its acquisition of two solar energy projects in Florida having a combined energy output of 150 MWac; and
- A leading renewable energy developer in its acquisition of three solar energy projects in Florida having a combined energy output of 219.8 MWac.
- Selected to The Best Lawyers in America® "Ones to Watch" in Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts; and Private Equity Law, 2024-2025
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