Practice Areas
- Corporate
- Independent Sponsor
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Mezzanine Finance & Private Equity
- Private Equity & Mezzanine Finance
Education
- J.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, high honors, Order of the Coif, North Carolina Law Review
- B.A., Cornell University, cum laude
Bar & Court Admissions
- New York
- North Carolina

100 North Tryon Street
Suite 4700
Charlotte, NC 28202-4003
Suite 4700
Charlotte, NC 28202-4003
Overview
Representative Matters
News & Events
Professional Affiliations
Bill Zimmern provides strategic leadership and practical, business-oriented advice on a broad range of mergers and acquisitions transactions, with substantial experience involving financial sponsors, large corporations, and the representation of founders and long-time owners. He also assists clients with securities and general corporate matters.
Bill has worked for sophisticated clients across a number of industries, including in the healthcare, information technology, financial services, business and industrial services, retail, and real estate industries.
Prior to joining the firm, Bill practiced at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York, New York.
Of Note
- North Carolina Super Lawyers: Rising Stars, 2013-2016
- Published in Aspatore Books' Strategies for Negotiating Mergers and Acquisitions: Leading Lawyers on Understanding Clients’ Needs and Successfully Negotiating M&A Transactions
- Board of Trustees, Charlotte Country Day School, 2014-present; Chairman, Committee on Trustees, 2018-present
- Board Member, Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte, 2014-present; Executive Committee 2018-present
- Board Member and Board Chairman, Bruce Irons Camp Fund, 2009-2015
- Cabinet Member, Arts & Science Council, 2009-2010
- Bernstein Leadership Group, Class VII
Representative Matters
- Represented a financial sponsor in the acquisition of an environmental services from another financial sponsor
- Represented a financial sponsor in the purchase of a financial services software business, subsequent add-on acquisitions, and successful sale of the business to a large publicly traded consulting firm
- Represented a financial sponsor in the acquisition of a retail eye wear business, an equity recapitalization, and subsequent add-on acquisitions
- Represented a platform business that provides professional educational services in add-on acquisitions and related transactional matters
- Represented a financial sponsor in the acquisition of the semiconductor equipment division of a publicly traded health science and technology company, and the subsequent sale of the business to a publicly traded industrial strategic acquirer
- Represented a financial sponsor in equity investment in a healthcare marketing company
- Represented a specialty finance holding company in the acquisition of an equipment leasing business
- Represented a publicly traded manufacturer and industrial services company in the acquisition of an energy consulting business
- Represented a publicly traded manufacturer and industrial services company with the divestiture of security design and integration business
- Represented a publicly traded hospital chain in the sale of various healthcare facilities
- Represented the founders of a specialty fabrication and engineering business with the auction process and sale to a financial sponsor
- Represented the founders of an industrial equipment distribution company in the sale of the business to a Dow 30 conglomerate
- Represented a foreign strategic acquirer with the acquisition of the plastics division of a publicly traded competitor
- Represented a foreign strategic acquirer with the acquisition of an energy services and construction business
- Represented management in its buyout of an insurance services business from a publicly traded financial institution
- Represented an investor group with the sale of a health and fitness center business
News
- MVA advises Capital Vision Services during acquisition
- Moore & Van Allen provides counsel to Frontier Capital in Phone2Action growth investment
- MVA advises Jensen Hughes in Hillard Heintze acquisition
- Moore & Van Allen provides counsel to Frontier Capital in Clearwave Corporation equity investment
- Moore & Van Allen provides counsel to Frontier Capital in PriceSpider strategic partnership
- Thirty-nine Moore & Van Allen Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Mecklenburg County Bar Association