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William J. Ching
Partner

Atlantic Station
201 17th Street NW, Suite 1700
Atlanta, GA 30363
Tel: 404.322.6163
Fax: 404.322.6097
Email
billy.ching@nelsonmullins.com
Areas of Law
Corporate
Financial Institutions
Healthcare
Mergers and Acquisitions
Private Equity and Venture Capital
Securities
Task Force on Financial Reform
Education
Duke University School of Law
Fuqua School of Business
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Bar Admissions
Georgia

William J. Ching is a partner of the Corporate and Securities Group of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP in Atlanta where he chairs the Firm's Private Equity and Venture Capital Practice Group. Mr. Ching provides value-added business and strategic advice to companies, private equity funds, venture capital funds, and financial institutions related to:

  • Angel, venture capital and debt financings
  • Acquisition structures and strategies
  • Company sale transactions
  • Portfolio and growth company representation
  • Strategic joint ventures
  • Corporate governance
  • Incentive and executive compensation strategies

Mr. Ching's recent transactions include representation of:

Private Equity/
M&A Transactions:		 Venture Financings:
  • Software-As-A-Service (SAAS) provider in $105 million equity recapitalization with Goldman Sachs
  • Azalea Fund in acquisition of Canterbury Engineering, Inc. and follow-on acquisition of Gema Engineering, Inc.
  • Azalea Fund in sale of Canterbury Engineering, Inc.
  • Azalea Fund in acquisition of Sunbelt Chemicals and follow-on acquisition of Matschel Corp.
  • L6 Holdings in acquisition of a prepaid telecommunications reseller
  • SouthPointe Ventures, LLC in its acquisition of SunBelt Thread and Packaging, Inc.
  • Anodyne Health Partners, Inc in cash and stock acquisition of PHMG
  • Synergy Recycling of Central Florida, LLC in its acquisition of On-Time Environmental Services, Inc.
  • Technology systems integrator in its $15 million cash and stock acquisition of a competitor
  • Automotive parts distributor in joint venture and subsequent sale transaction to Genuine Parts Company
  • SouthPointe Ventures in equity investment in Southern Parts & Engineering, Inc.
  • HAP Investment Group, LLC in $4 million Series A financing of Parata Systems, LLC
  • HAP Investment Group, LLC in Series A financings of Whamtech, Inc., Nu-Ride, Inc. and PowerPulse Technologies, L.P.
  • Midtown Capital Advisors and Peachtree Financial Management in $2.5 million Series C investment in Vendormate, Incorporated
  • Anodyne Health Partners, Inc in Series B financing with Frontier Capital
  • VT Silicon, Inc. in convertible note financing and subsequent $3.3 million Series A Financing with Menlo Ventures
  • Bariatric Partners, Inc. in $12 million financing with New Enterprise Associates
  • FTRANS Corp. in $1.6 million Series B financing with Total Technology Ventures and Draper Atlantic and three subsequent convertible note financings.
  • Innegrity in $3 million Series A financing
  • Angel investor in $1 million investment in New Zealand based web avatar company

Mr. Ching is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and the American Bar Association. He is also a member of the Private Equity and Venture Capital, and Corporate Banking and Business Law Sections of the American Bar Association. Mr. Ching was recently named as a Rising Star by the Georgia Super Lawyers in the mergers and acquisitions category. This honor was based on surveys sent to more than 23,500 attorneys in Georgia, who were asked to vote for the best lawyers they had personally observed in action.

Mr. Ching is active in his community where he regularly provides pro bono assistance to the Atlanta Urban League by advising minority entrepreneurs with respect to business and finance strategies. He also serves on the Board of Directors of The Cliff Valley School.

In 1996, Mr. Ching completed a joint degree program and earned a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Duke University School of Law and a Master of Business Administration from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.  He earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, with distinction, from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1992 where he was a member of honorary societies including Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Gamma Sigma and Phi Eta Sigma. In 1986, Mr. Ching scored a basket on Michael Jordan.