William R. Halaby III
William “Bill” Halaby is a corporate associate at Morrison Foerster.
Bill has significant experience representing private equity firms, as well as public and private companies, in a broad range of transactional matters, including acquisitions, dispositions, leveraged buyouts, venture and growth equity investments, business combinations and securities offerings.
His practice includes both domestic and cross-border transactions in a variety of industry sectors, including leisure, life sciences, financial services, energy, technology and consumer goods and services.
Bill volunteers with and sits on the Take Stock in Children of Florida Board of Directors. He previously served as co-instructor of the course “Negotiating Corporate Transactions” at New York University School of Law from 2019-2022.
Prior to joining Morrison Foerster, he worked at another prominent law firm in New York.
Experience
Registrar Corp's Acquisition of Foodsteps
Registrar Corp, a Paine Schwartz Partners portfolio company, in its acquisition of Foodsteps, a leading carbon tracking, management, and labeling cloud-based software platform.
Palladium Equity Partners' Sale of Trachte to nVent Electric
Palladium Equity Partners, LLC on a definitive agreement to sell its majority interest in Trachte, LLC, a leading provider of highly engineered protection and control buildings with mission critical applications, to nVent Electric plc (NYSE: NVT) for $695 million.
Sugar Foods Corporation's Sale to Pritzker Private Capital.
Sugar Foods Corporation, a multinational food company serving prominent foodservice, grocery, retail and restaurant brands, in its sale to Pritzker Private Capital
Palladium Equity Partners and its Affiliates’ Acquisition of Source Logistics
Palladium Equity Partners, LLC, a Certified B Corp and the oldest minority-owned private equity buyout firm, in its affiliates’ acquisition of Source Logistics, a provider of value-added warehousing, distribution and fulfillment third-party logistics (3PL) services to the consumer goods sector with a focus on Hispanic food and beverage brands.
Aqua Capital’s Acquisition of Novus Ag
Aqua Capital, an agriculture-focused private equity investor based in Brazil, in its acquisition of Novus Ag, a portfolio company of Tillridge Global Agribusiness Partners.
Examinetics on Inaugural Investment by Coalesce
Examinetics in connection with an inaugural investment by Coalesce Capital, a private equity firm focused on business services. Freedom 3 Capital, an investment management firm and an existing Examinetics capital provider, teamed up with Coalesce to recapitalize Examinetics.
Palladium Equity Partners and Trachte’s Acquisition of Parkline
Palladium Equity Partners, LLC, a Certified B Corp and the oldest minority-owned private equity buyout firm, and its portfolio company, Trachte, LLC, a leading provider of highly engineered Protection and Control Buildings (P&CBs), in connection with Trachte’s acquisition of Parkline Inc., a premier manufacturer and service provider.
San Francisco Equity Partners' Acquisition of DGS Retail
San Francisco Equity Partners in its acquisition of a majority stake in DGS Retail
Rubicon Technology Partners' Multiple Acquisitions
Rubicon Technology Partners in multiple acquisitions of Enquire Solutions, Glennis Solutions, and Sherpa CRM.
Main Post Partners' Investment in KUIU, LLC.
Main Post Partners in its growth equity investment in KUIU, LLC.
Tinicum and TSL Engineered Products’ Sale of Advantek
Tinicum and its portfolio company TSL Engineered Products in the sale of Advantek, a leading provider of highly engineered carrier tape and associated protective packaging products, to Cornell Capital.
Rankings
Private Equity Practice Group of the Year