About Samuel

Sam Williams, the Managing Director of Brown Rudnick’s Corporate & Capital Markets Department, concentrates his practice on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, licensing and strategic partnerships and international law. He counsels publicly and privately held corporations in a variety of industries including businesses in the information technology, semiconductor, communications and other high technology sectors. In addition to his transactional experience, Sam has considerable experience guiding clients in formulating their intellectual property, licensing and distribution arrangements and in establishing domestic and multinational strategic partnerships. He advises clients in complying with securities laws in proxy solicitations, the ongoing reporting requirements of public companies antitakeover techniques and a broad range of other matters affecting companies and their officers and directors. As part of Brown Rudnick’s Family Office team, Sam is also part of collaborative, cross-disciplinary initiatives assisting clients in this area. Sam is consistently recognized in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business as well as being recognized by Woodward/White’s The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Corporate Law.

Practice Areas

Education

• Duke University, J.D., graduated 1992
• Vanderbilt University, BA, graduated 1989

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts, United States

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