William (Bill) H. Zimmern

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