Biography
William Todd Keller, Jr. is an associate in Weil’s Banking & Finance practice and is based in Dallas. William participates in advising borrowers, private equity sponsors, banks and other financial institutions in a variety of financing transactions, including first and second lien credit facilities, middle market and large cap financings, cross-border and domestic acquisition financings, and debt restructuring transactions.
William has been part of the teams advising:
- Basic Energy Services, Inc. (a publicly traded company backed by Ascribe Capital) in a senior secured debtor-in-possession term facility to finance business operations during its chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings and subsequently the sale of substantially all of its assets
- Definitive Healthcare, LLC (a portfolio company of Advent International) in $350 million senior secured facilities immediately following its initial public offering
- Emergent BioSolutions Inc. in its $250 million senior secured term loan facility and its $100 million senior secured revolving facility
- Fieldwood Energy LLC (n/k/a QuarterNorth Energy Holding Inc.) in $119 million first lien exit term, $185 million second lien exit term and $200 million senior secured revolving facilities to finance its business operations upon emerging from chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings
- Frontline Road Safety (a portfolio company of The Sterling Group) in first lien facilities to finance its acquisition of PK Contracting, Inc.
- GI Partners in senior secured facilities to finance its acquisition of Vast Broadband
- Howden Group Holdings Limited in a $1.07 billion senior secured term loan facility and in a $4.7 billion incremental senior secured term loan and revolving facility for its subsidiaries Hyperion Refinance S.à r.l and HIG Finance 2 Limited
- Integrated Power Services Holdings, Inc. (a portfolio company of Searchlight Capital Partners L.P.) in its incremental senior secured term loan facility
- Kendra Scott, LLC (a portfolio company of Berkshire Partners) in amended and extended senior secured credit facilities
- Mana Holdco Limited and AP HAKONE FINCO PTE. LTD (portfolio companies of Moto Investco Limited) in its senior secured term loan facility
- NCWS Intermediate, Inc. (d/b/a National Carwash Solutions) (a portfolio company of Berkshire Partners LLC) in its senior secured term loan and revolving facility
- Polychem Corporation (a portfolio company of The Sterling Group) in an incremental senior secured term facility
- WEX Inc. in its $500 million incremental senior secured revolving facility; its $1.4 billion incremental senior secured term and revolving facility; and its $2.5 billion incremental senior secured term and revolving facility
William joined Weil as a summer associate in 2019. He is a State of Texas Certified Mediator by the Dispute Resolution Center of the Brazos Valley.
William received his J.D. from the St. Mary's University School of Law, summa cum laude, and his B.A., magna cum laude, from Texas A&M University. While in law school, he served as the Editor in Chief and a staff writer for the St. Mary's Law Journal.