William Roger Halaby III

William “Bill” Halaby III represents private equity sponsors, other private companies and public companies, in a wide range of transactional matters including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, carve out transactions, spin-offs, joint ventures, growth equity investments, business combinations, and securities offerings. He handles both domestic and cross-border transactions across industries such as leisure, life sciences, industrials, financial services, energy, technology, and consumer goods and services and routinely works on both the buy-side and the sell-side of transactions.

Bill’s transactional practice encompasses the full spectrum of corporate matters. He advises private equity firms on platform acquisitions, add-on acquisitions, growth investments and portfolio company exits. Bill also counsels companies on equity investments, helping businesses pursue funding while navigating investor relationships and governance matters.

In addition to his private equity work, Bill represents strategic buyers and sellers in corporate acquisitions and divestitures. He guides clients through all phases of M&A transactions, from initial negotiations through closing and post-closing matters. His experience includes working with special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) on business combinations and related securities offerings.

Bill serves on the Board of Directors of Take Stock in Children of Florida. He co-instructed the course “Negotiating Corporate Transactions” at New York University School of Law from 2019 to 2022.

Experience: Representative Matters: Represented Palladium Equity Partners, LLC in: the sale of 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.; the 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.; the acquisition of Parkline Inc., a premier manufacturer and service provider by its portfolio company, Trachte, LLC, a leading provider of highly engineered Protection and Control Buildings.; Represented Sugar Foods Corporation, a multinational food company serving prominent foodservice, grocery, retail, and restaurant brands, in its sale to Pritzker Private Capital.; Represented Registrar Corp, a Paine Schwartz Partners portfolio company, in its acquisition of Foodsteps, a leading carbon tracking, management, and labeling cloud-based software platform.; Represented 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.; Represented Freedom 3 Capital in the recapitalization of its portfolio company Examinetics with Coalesce Capital, which was the inaugural investment by Coalesce Capital.; Represented San Francisco Equity Partners in its acquisition of a majority stake in DGS Retail.; Represented Rubicon Technology Partners in; The concurrent acquisition and combination of Enquire Solutions, Glennis Solutions, and Sherpa CRM.; Several unpublished acquisitions.; Represented Main Post Partners in its growth equity investment in a portfolio of European Wax Center franchises.; Represented 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.; Represented Host Hotels in its strategic acquisition of a minority stake in Noble Investment Group.; Represented StorageMart in its acquisition of Manhattan Mini Storage.; Represented CoreLogic, a portfolio company of Stone Point Capital, in its acquisition of Closing Corp.; Represented Vestar Capital Partners in: Its acquisition of Stratus.; Several unpublished acquisitions.; Represented Le Tote in: the sale of its assets under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code.; its acquisition of Lord + Taylor.; Represented Intelsat in its $400M acquisition of the commercial aviation business of Gogo, Inc.; Represented ECM Industries, a portfolio company of Sentinel Capital Partners, in its acquisition of ILSCO.; Represented Huntsman Corporation in: Its $2.1B sale of its chemical intermediates and surfactants business to Indorama Ventures.; Its $300M acquisition of CVC Thermoset Specialties.; Its $350M acquisition of Icynene-Lapolla.; Represented L Catterton in: The $948M business combination of its portfolio company, OneSpaWorld with Haymaker Acquisition Corp. resulting in OneSpaWorld Holdings Ltd.; Its sale of Pure Barre to Xponential Fitness.; Represented Centerbridge Partners in: Its joint acquisition of Davis Vision with FFL Partners.; Its minority investment in Visionworks.; Represented Insight Venture Partners in: Its acquisition of Bullhorn, and Bullhorn's subsequent acquisition of PeopleNet.; Its minority investment in SalesLoft.; Its minority investment in CloudCraze, and the subsequent sale of its interest in CloudCraze to Salesforce.; The above representations were handled by Mr. Halaby prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.; Teaching Experience: Co-Instructor, 'Negotiating Corporate Transactions,' New York University School of Law, 2019-2022