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William Nicholson

+1 212 390 4264 william.nicholson@kirkland.com

Position

William Patrick Nicholson is a debt finance partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. William’s practice focuses on the North American power industry. His clients include sponsors, investors and lenders, and he advises on project development and finance, investments (including tax equity investments), and project acquisitions and dispositions. He has significant experience with a wide range of transaction types involving wind and solar projects.

Top Tier Firm Rankings

• Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
• Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
• International trade > CFIUS
• Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
• Government > Government relations
• Intellectual property > Copyright
• Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
• Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
• Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
• Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
• Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
• Environment > Environment: transactional
• Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
• Tax > International tax
• Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
• M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
• Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
• Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
• Real estate > Real estate
• Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
• Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
• Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
• Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
• Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
• Tax > US taxes: non-contentious

Firm Rankings

• Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
• Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
• Antitrust > Cartel
• Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
• Antitrust > Merger control
• Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
• Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
• Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
• Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
• Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
• Energy > Renewable/alternative power
• Government > State attorneys general
• Finance > Structured finance: securitization
• Tax > US taxes: contentious
• Dispute resolution > E-discovery
• Environment > Environment: litigation
• Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
• Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
• Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
• Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
• Finance > Project finance
• Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
• International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
• Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
• Healthcare > Life sciences
• Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
• Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
• Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
• Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
• Finance > Commercial lending
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism