Attorney Profiles

Will serves clients with a broad range of legal needs, providing advice on such varied issues as corporate formation, corporate governance, corporate restructuring, and purchase and sale transactions. He has closed dozens of deals across a wide spectrum of industries and contexts, ranging from public company mergers to middle market private equity investments to portfolio company recapitalizations. In addition, Will has regularly counseled boards of directors concerning fiduciary duties and takeover defenses.

Will's bankruptcy and workout practice primarily involves representation of distressed, privately-held companies as those entities navigate issues with lenders and other creditors both inside and outside Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.

Prior to joining Rayburn Cooper & Durham, P.A., Will was a corporate transactional associate at one of the largest firms in the Southeast. From 2006 to 2007, Will served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Stephen P. Lamb on the Delaware Court of Chancery in Wilmington, Delaware.

Representative Matters

Represented publicly-traded derivatives firm in connection with successful credit bid and auction of another firm’s intellectual property assets in a bankrupty proceeding.

Advised managers of real estate entity concerning deed-in-lieu of foreclosure transaction and internal governance matters with entity’s members. 

Counseled a major transportation provider concerning a breach of lease situation and applicable options in a potential Chapter 11 proceeding.

Advised an Official Committee of Club Members in a Chapter 11 case involving a premier local golf and country club.

Represented local real estate developer in complex workout transaction with hostile senior lender.

Counseled the management team of an engineering and value-added architectural supplies distributor with respect to rollover equity investments and employment agreements.

Advised as to strategy and implementation of, and negotiated core documentation to facilitate, the repurchase and consolidation of several regional licensing distributors by a global provider of exercise-to-music fitness programs.

Managed sell-side due diligence and negotiated stock purchase documentation for a publicly-traded client in connection with its divestment of a provider of charge cards and related services to the long-haul and local trucking industries.

Counseled insurance claims processing firm regarding buy-out and termination of problematic member-manager.

Orchestrated auction process and drafted and negotiated sale documentation in connection with the spin-off of 26 retail automotive service store locations to a publicly-traded purchaser.