William A. Perrone

For more than three decades, Bill has helped investors, buyers, sellers, founders, and owners of businesses create, preserve, and grow value through highly complex and strategic transactions.

Chair of Wiggin and Dana’s Corporate Department, Bill guides clients through the legal and business aspects of a variety of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions throughout the United States, venture capital financing, licensing, joint ventures, private equity, and corporate divorces. He represents clients in a wide range of industries, including manufacturing, technology, media, retail, and a variety of services. He is also experienced in all aspects of information technology, including data analytics, cloud computing, software development, and also distribution, SaaS, and digital media.

Bill founded the firm’s Emerging Companies and Venture Capital Practice Group, and the high-value transactions he has facilitated include the recent sale of a highway toll billing services provider, and a cloud services provider to private equity firms, and the acquisition and disposition of multiple companies and product lines by a global high-end consumer electronics manufacturer. Bill is also Co-chair of the firm’s Family Office Practice Group and has an enviable track record of helping wealthy individuals and families operate and invest directly in a variety of business ventures.

Bill has earned numerous accolades over the course of his distinguished career, including the 2016 Connecticut Law Tribune Professional Excellence Award for his years of service to emerging-technology companies. Bill is also listed in Chambers USA and IFLR 1000 as a leading corporate/M&A lawyer, recognized for his handling of complex corporate transactions, including those in the technology sector.

Bill is also deeply involved in the business community and he is a board member of the Association for Corporate Growth. An avid musician in the New York metropolitan area, Bill has wisely focused on his day job.

He received his law degree cum laude from Western New England University School of Law, where he was an instructor in legal research and writing. He received his undergraduate degree cum laude from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. Bill also attended the master’s in law program in taxation at New York University. Before law school, Bill was an economist with the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics in New York City.