Will Chuchawat

Will Chuchawat is the Managing Partner of the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. He does M&A, all day, every day.

Areas of Practice

Will has closed hundreds of deals in A&D, life sciences, healthcare, consumer, TMT, industrials, financial services, manufacturing, food and beverage and other industries.

Will has been consistently recognized as one of the best attorneys in the country, including:

•Named one of Law360's Top Attorneys in the Nation Under 40
•The M&A Advisor named him as one of the 40 Under 40 in the West, which includes: AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, KS, ND, NE, NM, NV, OR, OK, SD, TX, UT, WA and WY. The M&A Advisor made their selections from a pool of not just attorneys, but everyone in the M&A and turnaround space, which included private equity professionals, bankers, consultants, accountants, money managers, etc.
•The Daily Journal named him one of the top 20 attorneys under 40 in California
•The Recorder named him one of the 50 Lawyers on the Fast Track in California
•The LA Business Journal named him one of the Most Influential Minority Lawyers
•Legal 500, Mergers and Acquisitions 2015-2019
•Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2012-2019

Honors

•Most Influential Minority Lawyers in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Business Journal, 2016
•Mergers and Acquisitions, Legal 500, 2015-2019
•Law360 Mergers & Acquisitions Editorial Advisory Board
•M&A Deal of the Year Award, The M&A Advisor
•2014 Law360's Top Attorneys in the Nation Under 40
•Rising Star: Sheppard Mullin's Will Chuchawat, Law360, May 8, 2014
•2013 Lawyers on the Fast Track, The Recorder, 2013
•Top 20 Under 40, Daily Journal, February 27, 2013
•Named one of the 40 Under 40 West by The M&A Advisor on April 13, 2012. This award covers the West Region which includes: AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, KS, ND, NE, NM, NV, OR, OK, SD, TX, UT, WA and WY. The M&A Advisor made their selections from a pool of not just attorneys, but everyone in the M&A and turnaround space, which included private equity professionals, bankers, consultants, accountants, money managers, etc. The winners were chosen for their accomplishments and expertise by a panel of distinguished business leaders.
•Southern California Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2012-2019
•5 Associates to Watch, Daily Journal, January 12, 2011

Insights

Articles

•Survival and Growth of Chinese PES and VCS
China Investment, 06.06.2009
•Let's Face It-Business Is Not As Usual
China Investment, 04.2009
•Getting Deals off Ice
21st Century Business Herald, 03.02.2009
•Foreign Acquisition Playbook
China Business Focus, 09.01.2008
•Not All MAs Are Battles
Oriental Morning Post, 07.26.2008
•M&A Opportunities in the USA
Oriental Morning Post, 07.19.2008
•Maximize Your IPO
Oriental Morning Post, 07.12.2008
•Break into the Overseas Market With M&A
Oriental Morning Post, 07.05.2008
•A Look at M&A Deals in the US
China Legal Review

China Law Blog Posts

• Let's Face It - Business Is Not As Usual, June 9, 2009
• Survival and Growth of Chinese PEs and VCs, June 1, 2009

Media Mentions

•Primal Nutrition hops to Kraft Heinz in $200M deal
Daily Journal, 12.11.2018
•Moving Past Binary
Super Lawyers, 2018
•Moving Past Binary
Super Lawyers, 06.2018
•Opus Bank Taps Sheppard Mullin for Help with Investment in That’s It Nutrition
Daily Journal, 07.11.2017
•Bison Capital Invests in Miva With Sheppard Mullin’s Counsel
Daily Journal, 07.11.2017
•Opus Equity Partners Calls on Sheppard Mullin for Counsel in Deals
Daily Journal, 05.09.2017
•Opus Equity Partners Calls on Sheppard Mullin for Counsel
Daily Transcript, 05.09.2017
•Sheppard Mullin Steers Mercury Systems in Delta Microwave Acquisition
Daily Journal, 04.11.2017
•First Quarter Brought Positive Public Performance
Los Angeles Business, 04.10.2017
•6 Tips For Making Partner In 6 Years
Law360, 04.18.2014
•Middle-Market Spotlight: Gencorp-Rocketdyne
Law360, 08.13.2013
•The Voice of a Legal Elite
China Business Focus

Speaking Engagements

• Structuring Acquisitions of Family-Owned Businesses: Valuation, Due Diligence, Deal Structure, Operational Transition, and More, Stafford Webinar, May 6, 2020
• Life After the Investment. From IPO to Strategic Sale, How will your Investment Get Monetized? YPO Angel Investors Event, February 11, 2019
•“Growing through Mergers & Acquisitions: State of the Current Deal Markets for Consumer and Retail Companies and Top 5 Trends that Continue Driving Growth,” ACG LA Emerging Companies Summit, October 3, 2019
• DerM&A: Executing Your Liquidity Even, Annual AACD Meeting, Marina Del Rey, January 26, 2019
• Bioscience Entrepreneurs Boot Camp, LA Biostart, Winter 2018
• Panel Discussion: Investing in Innovation in the Age of Disruption Moderator, Spark Executive Forum, October 4, 2018
•M&A Instructor, LABioStart Bootcamp, Cal State LA, August 2017
• What Your M&A Attorney Should be Telling You, ALB Shanghai In-House Legal Summit 2016, June 23, 2016
• What Your M&A Attorney Should be Telling You? Association of Corporate Counsel, 2014
•Corporate Counsel Presentation, Association of Corporate Counsel, 2013
• Don't Call it Boilerplate, Association of Corporate Counsel - SoCal, August 2012

Events

•New Trends in Life Science Transactions in the US and China
05.24.2018