A representative sampling of Will’s experience includes:

Acquisitions

• Represented STERIS in the acquisition of Spectrum Surgical Instruments Corp. and Total Repair Express, LLC, both leading providers of medical instrument repair services, for an aggregate purchase price of $110 million.
• Advising High Road Capital Partners in the acquisition of Accurate Component Sales, Inc., a leading value-added distributor of industrial fasteners, hardware and components to manufacturers in the upper Midwest, and associated add-ons with Williams Acquisition and Great Lakes Fasteners Corporation, other leading distributors in the upper Midwest.
• Counseling an exempt (not-for-profit) organization with regard to potential acquisitions and associated mergers/consolidations of affiliated exempt entities.
• Advising a private equity group in connection with a platform acquisition and subsequent stock add-ons ranging from $3 million to more than $10 million for a leading provider of chemical-based cleaning solutions operating in locations nationwide.
• Counseling a public strategic acquirer of long-term care pharmacies nationally in connection with various acquisitions totaling over $500 million dollars in aggregate purchase price.
• Advising a public company in the approximately $30 million acquisition of substantially all the assets of a leading manufacturer of vertical turbine line shafts and submersible pumps, centrifugal pumps and packaged water supply pump systems.
• Representing a private equity client in connection with a $75 million acquisition of a leading workers’ compensation bill reviewer based in the United States.
• Assisting a private equity fund in connection with a platform acquisition of retail pharmacies.
• Counseling a newly formed fund in a series of asset acquisitions exceeding $35 million in the aggregate in the purchase of advertising media throughout several major U.S. media markets, including Seattle, Phoenix, Chicago and New York.

Exits and Other Sales Transactions

• Advised High Road Capital Partners in the sale of Accurate Component Sales, Inc. to a publicly-traded company.
• Assisting a company in a $120 million exit consisting of the sale of stock of several residential and commercial cleaning and repair service franchises collectively located in the majority of U.S. states.
• Representing a company in connection with an approximately $40 million sale to a public corporation of a leading in-vitro diagnostics specialist with international operations worldwide.
• Advising an Ohio-based exempt organization in the carve-out sale of its employee assistance program division to a for-profit acquirer.
• Counseling a company in an approximately $325 million exit with regard to a leading nationwide provider of outsourced cleaning and sanitation services.
• Advising a leading automobile parts manufacturer located in Michigan in the sale of substantially all of its assets to a private equity firm for $40 million.
• Counseling a privately held operator of proprietary post-secondary educational institutions nationwide valued in excess of $500 million in a sale to a private equity fund.

Commercial Contract Drafting and Associated Counseling

• Representing a Fortune 10 company in the development of standardized terms and templates relating to installation and long-term maintenance and supply projects.
• Advising an Ohio-based publicly-held company in the healthcare space on the negotiation of distribution, manufacturing, supply, partnership and purchase agreements in connection with medical devices.