Gerry L. Williams is a partner in DLA Piper's Corporate and Finance group, based in the Atlanta office.

Mr. Williams represents private equity funds and Fortune 1000 and middle-market companies in matters involving mergers and acquisitions, securities and general corporate matters and cross-border acquisitions and joint ventures, primarily in China. He has represented companies in several industries, among them financial services, food and beverage, and consumer products.

Among the clients he has represented in various industries are:

• A $300 million private equity fund in multiple platform acquisitions;
• A public bank holding company which he represented in the acquisition of a publicly traded bank holding company for approximately $400 million;
• A public telecommunications company in the acquisition of a wireless telecommunications company for approximately $375 million;
• An NYSE-listed Fortune 500 company in the sale of common stock of a public company in the office furniture manufacturing business for approximately $190 million;
• An NYSE-listed Fortune 500 company in the acquisition of its franchises in the tire retread business for an aggregate purchase price exceeding $135 million;
• A publicly traded company based in China in the leveraged acquisition of a consumer electronic products company with revenue of approximately $150 million;
• A US public company in the acquisition of a staffing company based in Shanghai, China;
• A private equity fund in the acquisition of a government-owned beverage company based in Beijing, China;
• A commercial bank in a $25 million revolving credit facility for a Fortune 500 company;
• A commercial bank in multiple lending transactions involving middle-market companies;
• A private company that provides software solutions for the Network Attached Storage (NAS) market, in the sale of Series B Preferred Stock for approximately $13.5 million; and
• A mezzanine fund in a $10 million debt placement in a leverage buyout transaction.

Mr. Williams has been named among Georgia’s Legal Elite by Georgia Trend magazine and as an On the Rise Attorney by the Fulton County Daily Report. He has also been named a Georgia Super Lawyers Rising Star.

許可

• Georgia

專業資格

• American Bar Association
• Georgia Bar Journal, Editorial Board
• Georgia SBA Network: Member, Advisory Council
• Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce: Economic Development Committee and Global Commerce Council
• National Bar Association
• National Association of Corporate Directors

Seminars

• "The M&A Transaction Today: How to Negotiate, Structure and Close the Deal," Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (July 2008)
• "A Call to Action": Fourth Annual Symposium on Diversity in the Legal Profession, Atlanta, GA (June 2005)

公民與慈善

• Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta, Member of the Advisory Committee