Bill Gwyn is a partner in the Business Section at Williams Mullen. He has over 20 years of experience counseling and serving clients in the areas of corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, international transactions, joint ventures, licensing, and commercial transactions. Mr. Gwyn represents Fortune 500 companies, as well as privately held businesses in both domestic and international transactions. His industry experience includes software, biotechnology, communications, electronics, financial institutions, agribusiness, distribution and manufacturing.

Education
Wake Forest University School of Law, J.D.
Wake Forest University, M.B.A.
Wake Forest University, B.S.

Professional Affiliations
American Bar Association
- Business Law Section
- International Section
- Negotiated Acquisitions Committee
- Legal Opinions Committee

North Carolina Bar Association
- Business Law Section, Chair
- Legal Opinions Committee, Former Co-Chair

North Carolina State Bar

Awards and Honors
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America
Business North Carolina magazine's "Legal Elite"

Publications

• "Mergers and Acquisitions: Land Mines in Negotiations," Corporate Law Update, November 2006
• "Doing Business in China: Recent Provisions on Regulation of Foreign Investment in Chinese Enterprises," Corporate Law Update, November 2006
• "Delaware Corporate Governance: Election of Directors," Corporate Law Update, November 2006
• "Mergers & Acquisitions: Landmines In Intellectual Property," Corporate Law Update, July 2004
• "Avoiding Minefields on Your Next Joint Venture," Corporate Law Update, August 2004
• "Exit Strategies for Owners of Private Companies Using Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP's), Selling Your Company to an ESOP," Corporate Law Update, October 2003
• "Current Issues In Limiting Director and Officer Liability," Corporate Law Update, January 2003
• "The Duty to Update the Forecasts, Predictions and Projections of Public Companies," Securities Regulation Journal, February 1997
• "Financing Alternatives for Growing Companies," Business Leader, February 1996
• "Organizing and Operating a Limited Liability Company," North Carolina Bar Foundation, May 1995
• "Planning for a Business Acquisition," Corporate Law Update, July 1993
• "Mergers & Acquisitions of S Corporations," National Business Institute, May 1993
• "Shareholder Control Mechanisms for Closely-Held Corporations," Wakr Forest University Seminars, May 1992
• "Legal Considerations for Foreign Corporations Doing Business in North Carolina," MTEA White Papers, June 1989
• "Foreign Corporations: The Doing Business Standard for the Purposes of Jurisdiction, Qualification & Taxation," Wake Forest Law Review, August 1981

Representations

• Acquisition of a robotics distribution company with operations in the U.S. and Europe
• Representation of a "white knight" in a hostile takeover of a publicly-traded North Carolina company
• North Carolina counsel on merger of a NYSE-traded North Carolina corporation with a NYSE-traded competitor
• Merger of a logistics company with operations in Southeastern United States
• Private placement of equity securities for a start-up technology company
• Representation of a corporate borrower with operations in U.S. and Europe on an asset-based credit facility with assets in seven countries
• Sale of a Brazilian subsidiary of North Carolina corporation
• Formation of a U.S. joint venture for an international agribusiness company
• Representation of a lender on establishment of a credit facility to an ESOP
• Representation of a lender on credit facility for a broadcasting company
• Sale of a distribution company with 300 shareholders, including counseling the board of directors on negotiations with multiple buyers and preparation of proxy statement
• Merger of a North Carolina electronics company with United Kingdom corporation
• Drafting and negotiation of European distribution agreements for a North Carolina manufacturing company
• Drafting and negotiation of a worldwide software distribution agreement for a North Carolina software developer

Community Involvement
Council for Entrepreneurial Development
- Board of Directors
- Venture Capital Conference, Former Chair

Wake Forest University Babcock Graduate School of Management Alumni Council