Practice Areas
Education
- Charlotte Country Day School, 1995
- B.A., Cornell University, 1999, cum laude
- J.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2003, high honors, Order of the Coif, North Carolina Law Review
Bar & Court Admissions
- New York, 2004
- North Carolina, 2007
William (Bill) H. Zimmern
Bill Zimmern practices in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, private equity and general corporate law. He handles diverse transactional matters, from domestic and international mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures to securities offerings, complex financings and other corporate matters.
Prior to joining Moore & Van Allen, Mr. Zimmern practiced at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York City.
Representative Transactions
- Represented a large UK-based strategic acquirer in its $1,825,000,000 acquisition of the plastics division of Owens-Illinois, Inc.
- Successfully assisted a German industrial services company through a buy side auction process for the $200,000,000 acquisition of an energy services and construction company
- Represented the owners of a California-based distribution business in the $82,350,000 sale of the company to a Dow 30 conglomerate
- Represented a New York-based financial sponsor in its acquisition and subsequent sale of the semiconductor equipment division of a publicly traded health science and technology company
- Represented a Massachusetts-based financial sponsor in its acquisition of a financial services software company
- Represented a North Carolina-based financial sponsor in the acquisition of a security services provider
- Assisted the owners of a North Carolina-based specialty fabrication and engineering company with a sell-side auction process and sale to a California-based financial sponsor
- Represented MedCath Corporation in the sale of various subsidiaries as well as securities and corporate governance matters
- Represented management in its buyout of an insurance services business from a leading financial services institution
- Represented the owners of frozen yogurt company in the recapitalization and subsequent sale of the company
- Regularly assists corporate clients with commercial agreements
- Regularly provides senior, secondary and mezzanine lenders with corporate and transactional advice in connection with acquisition and other leveraged financings
Of Note
- Published in Aspatore Books' Strategies for Negotiating Mergers and Acquisitions: Leading Lawyers on Understanding Clients’ Needs and Successfully Negotiating M&A Transactions
- Bruce Irons Camp Fund, President & Board Chairman
- Arts & Science Council, Cabinet Member (2009-2010)
- Bernstein Leadership Group, Class VII
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Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Mecklenburg County Bar Association