Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Bill Coquillette's corporate law practice focuses on numerous complex mergers, acquisitions, and financings. In addition, having served as a director of a NYSE company, Bill counsels boards and investors on a variety of corporate governance issues.

His regular corporate clients include Dow Corning Corporation, Axcelis Technologies, Insurance.com Group Inc., UCA Holdings, and Fives North American Manufacturing. For more than two decades, a substantial portion of his practice has focused on representing private equity funds, management groups, and other parties in connection with leveraged buyouts and venture capital financings. Regular private equity clients include Primus Venture Partners and Stony Point Group.

Areas of Practice

• Private Equity
• Buyouts
• Fund Formation
• Venture Capital - Investor
• Venture Capital - Issuer
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• M&A
• Financial Services

Representative Cases

• Acquisition of DecisionQuest
• Acquisition of DecisionQuest, Inc.
• Acquisition of Universal Tax Systems
• Acquisition of Universal Tax Systems
• Buyout
• Buyout
• Disposition
• Disposition of DecisionQuest, Inc.
• Issuance of Shares by Cleveland Unlimited, LLC
• Licensing Agreements
• Nippon Unicar Silicone Division Acquisition
• Private Placement
• Private Placement
• Private Placement
• Sale of DecisionQuest
• Sale of Joint Venture Interest , (2009)
• Sale of Power Logistics and Power Europe
• Textron turbine engine acquisition

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations, Venture Capital

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts
• Ohio

Education

• Harvard University

Address

North Point
901 Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114-1190

Phones

1.216.586.7137 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.216.579.0212 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com