ERIC S. WILLIAMS
Partner
[email protected]
PRACTICES: Investment Management, Private Equity, Corporate, Mergers and
Acquisitions, Corporate Strategic M&A, Capital Markets and Securities, Mining and Metals,
Debt and Equity Financing; INDUSTRIES: Technology Mergers and Acquisitions
DALLAS
2323 VICTORY AVENUE
SUITE 700
DALLAS, TX 75219
T +1 214.651.5537
F +1 214.200.0679
EDUCATION AND
CLERKSHIPS
J.D., Southern Methodist
University Dedman School of
Law, 2001, Special Projects
Editor, SMU Law Review
Association
B.B.A., Baylor University,
1998
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ADMISSIONS
Texas, 2001
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Eric Williams is a corporate partner in the Dallas office of Haynes and Boone with more
than 15 years of experience in acquisitions, divestitures, securities transactions and other
complex business transactions. Specifically, he has significant experience representing
both corporate and private equity buyers and sellers in structuring, negotiating,
documenting and closing public and private mergers, acquisitions and dispositions,
including assisting private equity funds with the purchase, ongoing representation and
subsequent sale of portfolio companies. Eric also has experience representing clients in
M&A transactions within the bankruptcy context.
Professional and Community Activities
• State Bar of Texas
• Dallas Bar Association
• Association for Corporate Growth Dallas Chapter, Board of Directors
Professional Recognition
• Selected for inclusion in Texas Super Lawyers - Rising Stars Edition, Thomson
Reuters, 2008-2015.
• Recognized by DCEO Magazine, D Magazine Partners, as one of the DFW’s Top M&A
Dealmakers, 2014.
Selected Client Representations
• CROSSMARK Inc. in its acquisition of all of the assets of PromoWorks, a leading
shopper engagement firm.
• Commercial Metals Company, a steel and metal manufacturer, in the sale of 100
percent of the stock of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Howell Metal Company, to Mueller
Copper Tube Products, Inc., a subsidiary of Mueller Industries, Inc.
• CROSSMARK, Inc., a leading consumer goods sales and marketing services
company, in its acquisition of Marketing Werks Inc., the largest independent consumerengagement company in the country.
• BNSF Logistics, LLC and BNSF Logistics International, Inc. in multiple acquisitions
• Stonehenge Capital in its equity and debt investment in TAS Environmental Services
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• Allegiance Crane & Equipment, LLC, a subsidiary of Prophet Equity LP, in its
acquisition of the assets of USA Mobile Crane, LLC.
• Frigelar North America, Inc. in its acquisition of four Johnstone Supply Locations from
Jovan Corporation.
• Cotton Creek Capital Management in its investment in, together with TGF Management
and Austin Ventures, and the recapitalization of, Magnablend, Inc.
• Forrest City Grocery Co., a food industry wholesale distributor, in its sale to Core-Mark
Holding Company, Inc. via an all-cash merger.
• AT&T in its acquisition of the security consulting business of Verisign, Inc.
• Archipelago Learning in its acquisition of Alloy Interactive, Inc.
• Prophet Equity L.P. in multiple transactions including its bankruptcy acquisition of the
assets of Gulfstream Crane, LLC, its acquisition of the stock of Ace Asphalt of Arizona,
Inc. and its acquisition of the Altec Lansing division of Plantronics, Inc.
• Altec Lansing LLC in its Australian acquisition of the assets of Avega Systems, Inc., as
well as in its bankruptcy acquisition of the assets of Vestalife, LLC.
• Dean Foods Company in numerous acquisitions of various dairy assets and in the sale
of both its customer-brand yogurt business to Schreiber Foods and its Mountain High
Yoghurt business and the Mountain High brand to General Mills.
• Rise Energy Partners, LP in its acquisition of a majority ownership interest in certain oil
and gas properties of Pacific Energy Resources Ltd. and the stock of San Pedro Bay
Pipeline Company.
• Zedi Inc. in its acquisition of Southern Flow Companies, Inc. from PowerSecure
International, Inc.
• Versata Enterprises, Inc. in multiple acquisitions, including its acquisition of Nextance,
Inc., Clear Technology, Inc., Tenfold Corporation, Nuvo Network Management, Inc. and
Ecora Software Corporation.
• CIC Partners in its leveraged acquisition of the assets of Furr's Cafeterias out of
bankruptcy, and its leveraged acquisition, and subsequent sale, of Industrial Container
Systems.
Selected Publications and Speeches
• "Choice of Entity/Series LLC,” State Bar of Texas Annual Business Law & Corporate
Counsel Forum, June 14, 2012.
• “Choice of Entity/Series LLC,” State Bar of Texas Essentials of Business Law CLE,
Houston, Texas, April 14, 2011.
• “Mergers & Acquisitions Law 2011: Top Lawyers on Trends and Key Strategies for the
Upcoming Year," co-author, Aspatore Thought Leadership, February 1, 2011.
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