Willie J. Schuerger

Willie Schuerger is a business attorney in Holland & Knight's Dallas office. Mr. Schuerger provides general counsel to public and private business entities in corporate and securities matters, with a primary focus on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), private equity and corporate finance transactions, joint ventures and distribution arrangements.

Representative Experience

• Represented a trustee in Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization of a life settlement provider and securitization of a policy portfolio
• Represented a financial services company in acquisition of a life insurance agency
• Represented physicians and physician practice groups in evaluation of sale, joint venture and restructuring transactions
• Represented an insurance agency in an out-of-court debt restructuring to preserve renewal commission income stream
• Represented a U.S. subsidiary of publicly held foreign company in numerous acquisitions of wholesale electrical distributors located throughout the United States
• Represented a commodity trading and processing company in acquisition of control in processing plant
• Represented an investment company in sale of a life settlement-based financial asset portfolio to a U.S. subsidiary of foreign bank
• Represented an insurance agency in development and sale of a proprietary life insurance program to a subsidiary of a New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)-listed company
• Represented a distributor of oilfield services products in sale of business
• Represented a commodity trading and processing company in joint venture to develop improved plant varieties
• Represented a building products manufacturer in divestiture of operating division
• Represented financial services companies in development of proprietary products and sale of company to publicly held foreign banking institution
• Represented a storage tank manufacturer in sale to a private equity consortium
• Represented a standards-related technical services firm in numerous acquisitions and dispositions
• Represented a building products manufacturer in numerous acquisitions
• Represented a pipe manufacturing company in sale to a private equity buyer
• Represented a nursery company in recapitalization and stock exchange transaction
• Represented an insurance agency in securing equity investments from a NYSE-listed insurance holding company
• Represented an insurance agency in structure and formation of joint venture with a NYSE-listed carrier