William R. West

Attorney

William R. West

Attorney

Telephone

(414) 287-1375
Fax

(414) 238-6677
Email
Office

Milwaukee
411 East Wisconsin Avenue
Suite 1000
Milwaukee, WI 53202

Bill West is a Shareholder and Chairs the Business Section and Co-Chairs the Mergers & Acquisitions Section. Bill is a trusted advisor to his clients and they rely on his ability to achieve desired outcomes in a practical, timely and cost-effective manner – in other words, he gets things done. He has over 30 years of experience in corporate and business related transactions including:

Mergers and acquisitions
Complex corporate and commercial transactions
Corporate governance and business counseling
Business formation, strategy and structure
Business succession planning
Commercial real estate

Bill’s clients are involved in a range of industries, and include public and privately held businesses engaged in a wide variety of domestic and international transactions including asset and equity acquisitions, mergers, reorganizations, divestitures and restructurings.

Bill is also co-chair of the firm’s Retail Real Estate section. He represents clients nationwide in the purchase and sale of commercial real estate. Bill has a national practice handling the retail real estate leasing needs of both tenants and landlords.

University of Wisconsin, J.D., cum laude, 1986
Marquette University, B.S., cum laude, 1983

Wisconsin
U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin

American Bar Association (Business Law, Real Estate and Taxation Sections)
State Bar of Wisconsin

Co-Author, LLCs and LLPs: A Wisconsin Handbook, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Editions, State Bar of Wisconsin

Best Lawyers^® Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law “Lawyer of the Year”, Milwaukee (2017 & 2020)
The Best Lawyers in America^®, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) (2015-2023), Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law (2014-2023)