Bill Mahood

About Bill Mahood

There is no shortage of praise for Bill Mahood’s immense knowledge of acquisitions and divestitures,\" writes Chambers USA, the world’s leading guide to the legal profession. Bill is the Practice Area Leader of Polsinelli\'s national Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures practice. In that capacity, he regularly represents the firm\'s clients in a broad array of acquisition, divestiture, and joint venture transactions.His primary practice areas include:· Representing owners and entrepreneurs in the sale of their business, including designing sophisticated rollover, earnout and transition structures· Assisting businesses to grow by acquisition· Joint ventures· Advising boards of directors, executive teams and family offices in their general counsel needs· Assisting companies to maximize value for an eventual exit transactionFor over 20 years, Bill represented Sprint Corporation in all of its mid-market transactions. Leveraging that experience, Bill now spends a considerable amount of time in the financial services, software and technology and manufacturing industries, representing buyers and sellers on a national basis.Bill has substantial experience in Kansas, Missouri, and Delaware organizational law and governance. In this capacity, he regularly advises clients on complex entity formations and the impact of the local law on debt and equity securities issuances, significant corporate transactions, and the inter-relationship among owners, managers, and agents.Bill is a problem solver for the firm’s clients. When their needs are outside of his area of expertise, he serves as an ambassador to the firm’s other attorneys, ensuring clients receive the services they need from litigation, to labor and employment, to intellectual property, and any of the other more than 170 Polsinelli services and industries.

Experience

1. Practice Area Leader - Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures

   Polsinelli

   Nov 2015 — Present

Education

• Columbia Law School

  LLM, International Law / Mergers & Acquisitions

  1993 — 1994

• The University of Kansas

  JD, Law

  1990 — 1993

• The University of Kansas School of Business

  B.S. - Accounting, B.S. - Business Administration

  1982 — 1986

Skills

• Mergers
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Corporate Law
• Corporate Finance
• Private Placements
• Securities Regulation
• Venture Capital