William F. Capps
Partner, Chairman, Corporate DepartmentDownload VCard
Direct: 310.201.3513
Main: 310.203.8080
Fax: 310.712.8513
1900 Avenue of the Stars
7th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90067
3 Park Plaza
Suite 1100
Irvine, California 92614
Bill Capps is a partner and chairman of the Corporate Department. Bill represents some of the Firm's higher visibility corporate and banking clients in many business matters, with particular emphasis on securities matters (including mergers and acquisitions and representation of Special Committees), international matters, real estate and building materials companies, corporate finance, franchising, executive compensation planning, litigation management and health care transactions. His experience includes serving substantial corporate clients in all business matters. In addition, Bill is a licensed real estate broker.
Representative Experience:
- Representation of Fortune 500 companies in all aspects of international transactions
- Representation of building materials industry
- Representation of significant families in Southern California in business and personal planning including succession planning
- Strategic litigation management for major disputes
Education
J.D., Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, 1973
B.A., Whittier College, 1968
high honors
Bar Admissions
State Bar of CaliforniaAssociations
Former Chairman and Director of Interlaw Ltd., an international association of law firms
Organizer of monthly Corporate Counsel Roundtable programs for in-house corporate counsel
Representation of aggregate mining industry before State Board of Mining and Geology and legislature
Licensed real estate broker
American Bar Association
Awards & Recognition
- Note and Comment Editor, California Law Review, 1972-73
- American Jurisprudence Award, Conflict of Laws
- Dinkelspiel Scholar
- Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review, AV Rating
- Sought-after speaker for legal and business groups throughout Southern California
- Selected as a Southern California Super Lawyer, 2013 and prior years