Bill Nelson

Bill Nelson advises on complex capital markets transactions and corporate matters across a wide range of industries.

Bill draws on more than 25 years of transactional experience to represent issuers, underwriters, private capital providers, and private equity firms in their highest-stakes capital markets and corporate governance matters, including:

- Public offerings and private placements

- Cross-border securities transactions, including those involving the Multijurisdictional Disclosure System (MJDS)

- Monetization transactions

- Proxy contests and shareholder activism defense

- Securities law compliance and corporate governance

- Public and private M&A

Bill also regularly advises public company boards and management teams navigating contested situations, including proxy fights and activist campaigns. He leverages a broad industry perspective to deliver commercially informed counsel on his clients’ most significant transactions.

Before joining Latham, Bill served as managing partner of the Texas region at another global law firm.