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William F. Capps

Partner, Chairman, Corporate Department

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d. 310.201.3513
f. 310.712.8513

1900 Avenue of the Stars
7th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90067

3 Park Plaza
#1100
Irvine, California 92614

Assistant Carolina Larin
310.203.8080 Ext: 3537
CLarin@jmbm.com

Bill Capps is a partner and chairman of the Corporate Department. Bill represents some of the Firm's higher visibility corporate, insurance and banking clients in many business matters, with particular emphasis on securities matters (including mergers and acquisitions and representation of Special Committees), corporate governance (including for international nonprofit corporations), international dispute resolution, real estate and building materials companies, corporate finance, franchising, litigation management and health care transactions. His experience includes serving substantial corporate clients as outside general counsel. In addition, Bill is a licensed real estate broker.

Bill frequently speaks on topics of interest to business owners. Watch one of his recent webinars here.

For the fifth consecutive year, the Los Angeles Business Journal has recognized Bill as one of the LA500 – a list of the 500 most influential people in the Los Angeles business community.

Representative Experience
  • Representation of Fortune 500 and nonprofit companies in all aspects of international transactions
  • Representation of building materials industry
  • Representation of significant families in Southern California in business and personal planning including succession planning
  • Strategic litigation management for major disputes
Education
  • J.D., University of California, Berkeley School of Law, 1973
  • B.A., Whittier College, 1968
    high honors
Bar Admissions
  • State Bar of California
Associations
  • Former Chairman and Director of Interlaw Ltd., an international association of law firms
  • Organizer of monthly Corporate Counsel Roundtable programs for in-house corporate counsel
  • Representation of aggregate mining industry before State Board of Mining and Geology and legislature
  • Licensed real estate broker
  • American Bar Association
Awards & Recognition
  • Note and Comment Editor, California Law Review, 1972-73
  • American Jurisprudence Award, Conflict of Laws
  • Dinkelspiel Scholar
  • Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review, AV Rating
  • Sought-after speaker for legal and business groups throughout Southern California
  • Selected as a Southern California Super Lawyer, 2017 and prior years, (Business Edition 2014)
  • Recognized 2019-2023 as one of the Los Angeles Business Journal's "LA500" - a list of the 500 most influential people in the Los Angeles business community
  • Recognized as one of The Best Lawyers in America®, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2023-2025

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