William Stanton is an associate in the firm’s Business Law department and a member of its Technology and Life Sciences groups, and Public M&A/Corporate governance practice.
Areas of Practice
Professional Experience
His recent M&A experience includes representing:
- Societal CDMO in its $130 million sale to CoreRx
- Renesas Electronics Corporation in various acquisitions, including its proposed $339 million acquisition of Transphorm
- PathosAI in its acquisition of Rain Oncology
- Surface Oncology in its sale to Coherus Biosciences for stock and contingent value rights (CVRs) valued at $66.9 million
- eMagin in its $218 million sale to Samsung Display
- Ritchie Bros. in its $7.3 billion acquisition of IAA, Inc.
- Rocket Pharmaceuticals in its acquisition of Renovacor
- Deliver in its $2.1 billion sale to Shopify
- Edgio in its $300 million acquisition of Yahoo’s Edgecast business
- BioDelivery Sciences International in its $605 million sale to Collegium Pharmaceutical
- Axon Communications in its sale to Relevate Health
- Roman DBDR Tech Acquisition Corp. (a SPAC) in its business combination with Composecure
- Retail Properties of America in its $7.5 billion sale to Kite Realty Group Trust
- Chiasma in its sale to Amryt Pharma
- Leaf Group in its $323 million sale to Graham Holdings Company
- Special Committee of NantKwest in NantKwest’s merger with ImmunityBio
- MyoKardia in connection with its $13.1 billion sale to Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- Carbon Black in its $2.1 billion sale to VMware
- AMAG Pharmaceuticals in its $500 million sale to Covis Group, an Apollo Global Management company
- HelpSystems in its $217 million take-private of GlobalSCAPE
- Neon Therapeutics in its $97 million sale to BioNTech
- TA Associates in numerous acquisitions and dispositions, including with respect to Wealth Enhancement Group, HelpSystems, Thermacell, and Accion Labs
- Kingswood Capital Management in its acquisition of Senture
- Webster Equity Partners in its acquisition of Long Island Vitreoretinal Consultants
Credentials
Education
JD2018
Brooklyn Law School
(cum laude)
BA2010
Ithaca College
Admissions
Bars
- New York
Recognition & Awards
While attending law school, William served as Articles Editor on the Brooklyn Law Review.