William Miller

Counsel

Bill Miller is a counsel in O'Melveny's Singapore office office and is a member of both the Finance and Restructuring and Project Development and Real Estate (PDRE) practice groups at O’Melveny. While practicing with the Finance and Restructuring Group, Bill has represented both lenders and borrowers in a variety of syndicated and other financing transactions, including LBO’s, recapitalizations, restructurings, DIP and exit financings, secured note offerings, synthetic letter of credit facilities, mezzanine financings and interest rate swap and cap transactions.

In the PDRE Group, Bill has represented institutional investors, utilities, ports, developers, banks, REITS and other parties in a wide variety of real estate and project transactions, including senior and mezzanine financings, mortgage and construction lending, equity investments, acquisitions and dispositions, construction and development, leasing and subleasing, restructurings, workouts and settlements.

Illustrative Professional Experience

• Advising a private equity house in connection with disposition of equity investment in a PRC company and corresponding US$50 million multi-tranche convertible bond investment in NYSE listed Cayman listco;
• Advising international investment bank in connection with proposed restructuring of financing for real estate assets in Shanghai, PRC;
• Advising a shopping center REIT in connection with a US$700 million line of credit, US$250+ million and US$80 million portfolio financings, related interest rate swap transactions and several other construction and mortgage loan deals; 
• Advising agent and lead arranger in connection with US$290 million senior secured revolving and term loan credit facilities for Oriental Trading Company, Inc.;
• Advising agent and lead arranger in connection with multiple senior secured revolving and term loan facilities for communications companies;
• Advising an aluminum products manufacturer in connection with its US$150 million asset backed revolving credit facilities arranged by Bank of America N.A.;
• Advising the largest privately held developer in the Western United States in connection with three syndicated senior and subordinated loan financings in excess of US$830 million to refinance existing debt and provide funds for the development of five master-planned residential communities in Southern California totaling more than 16,000 acres;
• Advising private equity house in connection with financing modifications and restructuring for an office project in Beijing, PRC;
• Advising US based NYSE listed multinational corporation in connection with its Asian expansion; 
• Advising a major US chemical products company in connection with its US$150 million subordinated second lien secured note offering underwritten by Morgan Stanley;
• Advising an investment fund in connection with several mezzanine financings for power plant and ethanol generation projects; and
• Advising AIM listed China real estate investment company in connection with financings for PRC real estate assets.