Bill Rowland represents significant companies in M&A and other transactional matters, crafting pragmatic solutions to client's complex business and legal issues. Clients have turned to Bill for more than 35 years to achieve their transactional goals. His practice focuses on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, corporate governance, and takeovers. He is the coordinator of the Atlanta Office transactional practices.
Bill represents both public and private companies across an array of industries, including chemicals, energy, manufacturing, media, telecom, and technology. Representative transactions include Eastman Chemical's sale of its Texas City operations ($490 million); Southern Company's acquisition of AGL Resources ($12 billion) and divestiture to NextEra Energy ($6.5 billion); Eastman Chemical's acquisitions of Solutia ($4.8 billion) and Taminco ($2.8 billion) and divestiture of of its adhesives resins business ($1 billion) and rubber additives business ($800 million); Cumulus Media's acquisition of Citadel Broadcasting ($2.4 billion); and J.M. Huber's divestiture to Evonik ($630 million). Bill has led substantial matters for a number of other clients including Solvay, Koch Industries, and Sanofi.
Bill is the former chair of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia. He is active in the community and currently serves on the Economic Development Committee of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. He formerly served on the board of directors of the Alliance Theatre, the Georgia Council for International Visitors, and the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the Leadership Atlanta Class of 2009. Bill's work has been recognized in various legal surveys including The Best Lawyers in America and Chambers USA.
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- February 22, 2016
M&A Practice Development for In-House Counsel - February 27, 2014
Negotiated Corporate Acquisitions - Mock Negotiation - Acquisition Basics: Buyers' and Sellers' Goals; Negotiation Process; Timing; Non-Tax Structural Considerations - February 26, 2014
Cross Border Transactions: Navigating a Flat World, Jones Day CLE Academy - October 30, 2013
Hot Topics Facing General Counsel, 32nd Annual Business Law Institute, Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia - October 18-19, 2012
Program Chair, 31st Annual Business Law Institute, Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia - May 2012
Doing Business in Emerging Markets - October 7, 2010
The Anatomy of a Deal, Chemical Marketing & Economics Group - May 14, 2010
Initial Considerations in Forming a Business Entity, Urologic Invention Convention, Georgia Institute of Technology - 2010, 2009, 2008, 2006, 2005
Acquisition Basics: Buyers' and Sellers' Goals; Negotiation Process; Timing; Non-Tax Structural Considerations, Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia - April 23, 2009
Current Developments in Georgia Law Affecting Business Lawyers, Insititue of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia - January 8, 2009
State Bar Of Georgia Hosting Program on Corporate Acquisitions - December 9, 2008
Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Seminar on Recent Developments in the Laws of BRIC Countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China - February 18, 2005
Current Developments in Georgia Law Affecting Business Lawyers, Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia - June 22, 2004
North American Cross-Border Private Middle-Market Acquisitions: Legal Perspectives, International Buyer Symposium
- University of Wisconsin (J.D. cum laude 1986; Order of the Coif; B.B.A. 1983)
- Georgia
BTI Consulting Group "Client Service All-Stars" (2020)
The Best Lawyers in America — mergers & acquisitions (2020)
Chambers USA — leaders in their field, corporate/M&A (2020)
The Legal 500 US (2014)
Georgia Super Lawyers
PLC Which lawyer? — recommended lawyer, corporate/M&A