William R. Kolb
In addition to serving as Co-Managing Partner of Foley Hoag, William Kolb is head of the firm's Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group and in the past served as the Chairman of the Business Department. He is recognized in Chambers USA, The Best Lawyers in America, Massachusetts SuperLawyers and The Legal 500 for his experience in transactional matters. He has represented both buyers and sellers (including a special board committee) of public and private companies, particularly those involved in the technology industry. William also works closely with technology companies on licensing matters, including complex in-bound and out-bound licenses of various intellectual property rights.
William also advises companies and their underwriters in public securities offerings, including clients such as Allaire, Aware, Banc of America Securities, Charles River Associates and Credit Suisse First Boston. He also provides these and other clients with counsel on compliance with the securities laws, Sarbanes-Oxley and other governance issues. In addition, his transactional work includes representation of high-growth and emerging companies seeking venture capital and strategic investments.
William has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1984.
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Representative Experience
The following is a brief summary of William's experience and accomplishments:
- Purchase by Inverness Medical of Applied Biotech
- Purchase by LSI Logic of IntraServer Technology
- Sale of Concerto Software to Melita (represented the special committee of the board)
- Sale of Powersoft to Sybase
- Sale of FirstSense Software to Concord Communications
- Purchase by PRI Automation of Promis Systems
- Sale of Allaire to Macromedia
- Sale of L.E. Mason to Thomas & Betts
- Purchase by Charles River Associates of InteCap
professional / civic involvement
- Massachusetts Software Counsel, Member
- American, Massachusetts, and Boston Bar Associations, Member
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