O’Melveny Worldwide
  • NYSE REITs in numerous follow-on stock offerings and debt offerings
  • NYSE hospitality REIT in spin-off and initial public offering of NYSE specialized hospitality REIT
  • NYSE hospitality REIT in spin-off of publicly traded REIT advisory company
  • An investor and a real estate developer in a US$1 billion multifamily joint venture involving an acquisition from a sovereign fund
  • Public real estate advisory firm in acquisitions and joint ventures, involving private REITs, tax-exempt organizations, and foreign pension fund investors

Will has handled tax-related matters in connection with the following transactions:

  • Ashford Hospitality Trust in exchange offers of its preferred stock for common stock
  • Kosmos Energy in a crude oil prepayment agreement with Trafigura Trading LLC
  • Comstock Resources, Inc., in:
    • its acquisition of Covey Park Energy LLC in a cash and stock merger valued at approximately US$2.2 billion;
    • an underwritten public offering of 40 million shares of common stock at a price of US$5.00 per share, with a 30-day option for underwriters to purchase up to 6 million additional shares of common stock;
    • the issuance of $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of new 6.75% senior notes due 2029 and cash tender offers to purchase up to $1.25 billion aggregate purchase price of its outstanding 7.50% senior notes due 2025 and 9.75% senior notes due 2026; and
    • its asset purchase agreement with Northern Oil & Gas, Inc., to sell its assets in the Bakken shale for $154 million.
  • Burk Royalty Co., Ltd., in the sale of oil and gas assets in East Texas to ETX Energy, LLC
  • Leading outdoor advertising media provider in:
    • an amendment to its US$175 million accounts receivable securitization program;
    • a US$400 million high yield bond transaction; and
    • US$2.35 billion in high yield bond and credit transactions.
  • Ashford Inc. in its completed combination with Remington Holdings, LP
  • Advance Research Chemicals, Inc., a specialty chemicals and materials supplier, in its sale to Inhance Technologies, LLC, an international provider of sustainable polymer material science solutions
  • Adaptive3D, a leading provider of elastomeric solutions for additive manufacturing, in its sale to Desktop Metal, Inc.
  • Leading industrial recycling services provider Venture Metals, LLC in a strategic investment from Mill Rock Capital Management LP
  • Brink’s Incorporated in its acquisition of Balance Innovations

Admissions

Bar Admissions

  • Texas

Education

  • Northwestern University, LL.M.: with honors
  • Southern Methodist University, J.D.
  • Southwestern University, B.A.

Honors & Awards

  • Recognized by Best Lawyers in America for Tax Law in Dallas, TX (2021-2026)
  • Recommended by The Legal 500 for Project Finance (2023)
  • Named “Up & Coming” by Chambers USA for Tax (2023-2024)
  • Named to the “Best Lawyers in Dallas,” list by D Magazine for Tax (2015-2020, 2022, 2023)
  • Super Lawyers® Texas Rising Star, Tax (2016-2018)
  • Profiled as a leading tax lawyer in the United States, The Legal 500 US (2015)

Professional Activities

Memberships

  • Member, Dallas Bar Association
  • Member, Dallas Bar Association Tax Section, Tax Council
  • Member, State Bar of Texas
  • Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation