William Miller
Counsel
Bill Miller is a counsel in O'Melveny's Singapore office and is a member of O’Melveny’s Transactions Department. Bill’s practice focuses on cross-border financing and investment transactions, principally in Asia, including syndicated loans, high yield bonds, convertible and exchangeable bonds, mezzanine financings, leveraged buy-outs, recapitalizations, restructurings, letter of credit facilities and derivatives. Bill also has substantial experience representing investment funds, banks, developers and others in real estate and project financing transactions in the United States and Asia.
Illustrative Professional Experience
- Advising investment bank in connection with restructuring of approximately US$400 million fully convertible debentures issued by a leading real estate development group in Mumbai, India, including related derivative transactions;
- Advising a private equity house in connection with disposition of equity investment in a PRC company and corresponding US$50 million multi-tranche convertible bond investment in NYSE listed Cayman listco;
- Advising leading Indonesian direct-to-home satellite television company in connection with US$165 million Rule 144A / Reg. S high yield bond offering;
- Advising consortium of private equity funds in connection with US$70 million margin loan facilities to fund a portion of a US$180 million PIPE investment in a NASDAQ listed media company with operations in the PRC;
- Advising private equity fund in connection with US$35 million offshore mezzanine financing and related warrants for a PRC automobile parts manufacturing JV;
- Advising international bank in connection with restructuring of HK$ equivalent RMB 270 million convertible notes issued by a PRC retail company;
- Advising international investment bank in connection with proposed restructuring of financing for real estate assets in Shanghai, PRC;
- Advising a leading PRC pharmaceutical and biotechnology company in connection with an offshore US$20 million term and revolving credit facilities;
- Advising Indian business process outsourcing company in connection with offshore loan facilities used to fund overseas operations;
- Advising agent and lead arranger in connection with US$290 million senior secured revolving and term loan credit facilities for Oriental Trading Company, Inc.;
- Advising agent and lead arranger in connection with multiple senior secured revolving and term loan facilities for communications companies;
- Advising the largest privately held developer in the Western United States in connection with three syndicated senior and subordinated loan financings in excess of US$830 million to refinance existing debt and provide funds for the development of five master-planned residential communities in Southern California totaling more than 16,000 acres;
- Advising private equity house in connection with financing modifications and restructuring for an office project in Beijing, PRC;
- Advising US based NYSE listed multinational corporation in connection with its Asian expansion;
- Advising a shopping center REIT in connection with a US$700 million line of credit, US$250+ million and US$80 million portfolio financings, related interest rate swap transactions and several other construction and mortgage loan deals; and
- Advising an investment fund in connection with several mezzanine financings for power plant and ethanol generation projects.
Directory Listings
- 2011 IFLR1000: Leading Lawyer: Banking - Foreign Firms (Singapore)
- 2010 IFLR1000: Leading Lawyer: Capital Markets - Foreign Firms (China)