Will focuses his practice on representing institutional investors in private equity investments, with a concentration in secondaries, LP investments, equity co-investments and private investment fund formation. Will leads the firm’s secondaries group. He also regularly represents financial institutions in secured and unsecured financing transactions. Will has broad experience in advising investment managers in alternative asset classes, with a particular emphasis on timberland and agricultural investing.
Representative Client Work
- Represented an institutional investor in the sale of a $1.25 billion portfolio of over 60 limited partnership interests
- Represented an institutional investor in the acquisition of a $600 million portfolio of over 65 limited partnership interests
- Represented a global commercial timberland and farmland investment management firm in the structuring, launch and closing of an open-ended timberland and farmland investment fund, with private REIT and non-REIT subsidiary portfolio companies and aggregate offering proceeds in excess of $1.3 billion to date
- Regularly represents institutional investors in the consummation of primary private equity investments and co-investments
- Regularly represents financial institutions with commitments to over 250 syndicated credit facilities
Bar & Court Admissions
- Massachusetts
Education
- J.D., Boston College Law School
- B.A., Dartmouth College
Community Engagement
- Boston Bar Association
Languages
- French
Awards & Honors
- The Legal 500 U.S. (2022)
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Press ReleaseJune 8, 2022
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Press ReleaseJanuary 24, 2022
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Client AlertJanuary 15, 2021
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Client AdvisoryAugust 16, 2018
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Client AdvisoryApril 20, 2018
Seminars & Presentations
- French Private Equity Outlook: Finding the Best Opportunities in Times of Uncertainty
Private Equity Insights (February 1, 2019)