William Schwitter

Partner

New York

Bill is Chair of A&O’s US private equity practice and has a diversified practice covering mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and securities law, and he is a recognized long-standing leader in the US debt capital markets. He has extensive experience advising clients on domestic and cross-border transactions, which frequently involve complex structuring and financing arrangements, as well as on corporate governance and other strategic advisory matters.

Bill’s clients range from global public corporations to famous restaurateurs and their investment funds, and he regularly represents private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in their M&A and finance activities. His broad-based experience includes advising on leveraged buyouts, private placements, public equity offerings, bond issuances, special purpose acquisition companies, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and board of director and special committee fiduciary matters. His work covers a variety of industries, including technology, media and entertainment, hospitality, consumer retail, telecommunications and manufacturing.

Expertise

Practices

Capital Markets

Corporate and M&A

Sectors

Consumer and Retail

Life Sciences

Private Equity

Office

New York

Allen & Overy LLP
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York
NY 10020

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Qualifications

Professional

Admitted: Bar of the State of New York

Academic

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute B.S.M.E, 1980 (cum laude)

Albany Law School of Union University J.D., 1983 (cum laude)

Experience highlights

World's largest car wash operator sale

WillScot and Mobile Mini stock-for-stock merger

EG Group acquisition of Cumberland Farms

Advising TDR Capital (TDR) on the sale of the International Car Wash Group (ICWG) to Atlanta-based private equity firm Roark Capital Group (Roark). ICWG is the world’s largest car wash operator, washing more than 35 million cars every year through 900 locations across Europe, Australia and the U.S.

Advised WillScot Corporation [NASDAQ:WSC] on its stock-for-stock merger with portable storage solutions provider Mobile Mini, Inc. [NASDAQ:MINI] and related financing including a $2.4 billion ABL credit facility and offering of $650 million of senior secured notes. The public company combination creates an industry-leading specialty leasing company.

Represented EG Group on the acquisition of Cumberland Farms, which operates approximately 600 convenience retail stores and fuel stations across the U.S.

Advised WillScot in its $1.2 billion acquisition of Pennsylvania-based competitor, Modular Space Holdings, Inc., which representation included advising WillScot on all aspects of the multifaceted transaction, including in respect of the complex debt and equity financing package used to finance the acquisition.

News & insights

Publications: 25 JUNE 2020

Covid-19 coronavirus: quick reference guide on US federal business stimulus program (updated 25 June)

In response to the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis, the US federal government has responded with an unprecedented and rapidly unfolding set of business stimulus programs.

Publications: 07 APRIL 2020

Covid-19 coronavirus - advice for the U.S. Private Equity industry

The Covid-19 crisis continues to impact the global economy in unprecedented ways. Shelter-in-place orders and non-essential business closures around the world have disrupted operations across all…

Publications: 03 APRIL 2020

Covid-19 coronavirus: advice for the U.S. hospitality industry

The Covid-19 coronavirus crisis continues to impact the US hospitality industry in dramatic ways. Shelter-in-place orders and non-essential business closures are in effect across the US (and around…

News: 01 JULY 2020

Allen & Overy's U.S. team advise on WillScot and Mobile Mini merger, creating an American leader in modular space and portable solutions

Allen & Overy’s U.S. M&A, capital markets and leveraged finance teams represented WillScot Corporation [NASDAQ:WSC], a leading specialty rental services provider of innovative modular space and…