William A. Curran
Lawyers
Advises on federal income tax aspects of domestic and cross-border M&A deals and global financings and restructurings.
Public and private clients turn to Bill for guidance on the federal income tax aspects of domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures and spinoffs. He also advises on financings and restructurings that span the globe.
Bill is recognized by Chambers USA.
Experience
- Truist on its:
- $15.5 billion sale of remaining stake in Truist Insurance to investor group
- $1.95 billion sale of a stake in Truist Insurance to Stone Point Capital
- sale of Sterling Capital Management to Guardian Capital
- Summit Materials on its:
- $11.5 billion acquisition by Quikrete Holdings
- $3.2 billion combination with Argos USA
- GSK on its:
- collaboration with Flagship Pioneering
- strategic alliance with Vesalius Therapeutics
- Nuvei on its:
- $6.3 billion going private acquisition by Advent International
- $1.3 billion acquisition of Paya Holdings and related financing transactions
- Williams on its:
- $1.95 billion acquisiton of natural gas storage assets from Hartree
- acquisition of MountainWest natural gas transmission and storage business
- acquisitions of Cureton and Rocky Mountain Midstream
- Sun Pharmaceutical on its:
- acquisition of Taro Pharmaceutical
- acquisition of Concert Pharmaceuticals
- GE on its:
- spin-off of GE Transportation and its Reverse Morris Trust transaction with Wabtec
- strategic realignment of GE Capital
- Novo Nordisk on its $11 billion acquisition of certain Catalent sites from Novo Holdings
- Livent on its $10.6 billion merger of equals with Allkem
- Arcadium Lithium on its $6.7 billion acquisition by Rio Tinto
- Owens Corning on its $3.9 billion acquisition of Masonite International
- PepsiCo on its $3.85 billion acquisition of Rockstar Energy Beverages
- Airbus on its potential acquisition of certain Spirit AeroSystems activities
- Cadre acquisition by Yieldstreet
- Kemmerer family on its sale of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort
- CrowdStrike on its acquisition of Reposify
- Numerix on its acquisition by GenStar Capital
- Elliott on its sale of AC Milan to RedBird Capital Partners
Capital Markets
- Securities offerings for Assurant Capital One, Lucid Group, Marsh McLennan, Mastercard, Mobileye and Murphy Oil
Restructurings
- Advised borrowers and lenders on restructurings of Ferrellgas Partners, Neovia Logistics, Revlon, Riverbed Technology and Virgin Orbit
Insights
News
Recognition
Chambers USA – Tax, New York
MergerLinks – “Top Tax Lawyers in North America,” 2021 and 2024
Education
J.D., New York University School of Law
- magna cum laude
- Notes Editor, New York University Law Review
B.A., Economics/Government, Dartmouth College
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York