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William S. Haft

Partner

New York

Bill Haft is a corporate finance lawyer in Orrick’s Banking & Finance group. He has a broad practice counseling international financial institutions and corporations in credit and capital markets transactions, including private and structured credit; project and asset finance; commercial law and securities regulation; mergers and acquisitions; joint ventures and restructurings.

Bill regularly advises clients on cross-border matters, including transactions in the maritime, energy and infrastructure and technology sectors. He has particular experience in the maritime sector, having guided various market participants on numerous complex international shipping and offshore corporate and capital markets deals and restructurings.

Reflecting feedback from his clients, Bill was named a BTI “Client Service All-Star” and is described by an IFLR1000 client commentator as “extremely responsive” with a “deep spectrum of knowledge,” in Banking and Finance.

Before joining Orrick in 2002, Bill practiced with two other international law firms in New York and Paris.