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William S. Perkins

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Member / Co-chair, Technology Practice

[email protected]

+1.617.348.4449

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Co-chair of the firm’s Technology Practice, Will has more than 20 years of experience representing US and international clients in a variety of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, venture financings and other partnering and licensing transactions. With a particular focus on strategic investments, Will has closed over $1.0 billion in strategic investments for leading, global technology businesses.

Will regularly works with founders on entity formation and financing strategy, including angel, seed and venture investments. As an advisor to many emerging and developmental stage companies, in addition to day-to-day corporate counseling and strategic advice to his clients, Will regularly advises on a variety of business transactions, including technology licensing, mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances and public offerings. In addition, Will has significant private equity experience representing both family offices and funds in the acquisition of manufacturing and other businesses.

Will regularly guest lectures to entrepreneurs and start-ups on the topics of entity formation and seed and venture financings at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, The Broad Institute, MassChallenge and The Capital Network.

Before joining Mintz, Will was a corporate partner in the Boston office of an international law firm.

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New for 2024: Compliance with the Corporate Transparency Act Necessary for Many Mintz Clients

February 1, 2024 | Alert | By Will Perkins, Steve Ganis, Daniel Gaquin, Daniel Guggenheim, David Adams

Reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) are in effect beginning January 1, 2024.  Under the CTA, many US entities will be required to provide the personal information of their beneficial owners to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a division of the US Treasury Department.

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Extending for Success: The Rising Trend of Extension Rounds and the Importance of Due Diligence

January 11, 2023 | Article | By Jeremy Glaser, Roman M. Gorokhov, Will Perkins

Venture capital investment in United States start-ups is projected to decline in 2022 by over one-third from 2021 levels. And while down rounds remain infrequent relative to historical trends, there has been a notable upward tick in their occurrence, particularly in the fourth quarter of 2022. In light of this slowing market, companies that have already secured venture capital funding are increasingly utilizing extension rounds, which involve the infusion of additional funding from existing or new investors under the same terms as the previous financing round. 

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F-1 Student Employment Guidance

October 3, 2022 | Advisory | By John Quill, Will Perkins

Our F-1 Student Employment Guidance document provides an overview of permissible employment and investment activities for individuals with an F-1 student visa.

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Read about Boston Family Advisors and how it builds and operates single-family offices for venture capital and private equity professionals, and entrepreneurs.
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In this podcast, Jake Shapiro, the founder of RadioPublic and Podfund, explores the current state of the podcasting market and industry trends.
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In this episode of MintzEdge’s From the Edge podcast, Will Perkins speaks with Phil Gager of Stifel about venture debt.
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Performing a Service without Selling the Process Still Triggers the On-Sale Bar

May 24, 2019 | Blog | By Daniel Weinger, Will Perkins, Serge Subach

Services play a large role in today’s economy, and it is important to be mindful of how certain pitfalls that apply to product-based intellectual property rights also apply to method or process-based intellectual property (“IP”) rights.  For example, the “on-sale bar” invalidates a patent on a product where a sale or offer to sell the product occurred more than a year prior to filing for a patent.
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Just about every emerging business/start-up lawyer could write a book (and many have!) on the topics of equity division, incorporation and the innumerable ‘other details’ founders need to keep in mind when starting a business!
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News & Press

Law 360 highlighted the arrival of Mintz Members Dinesh K. Melwani and William S. Perkins who joined the firm February 27th.  Will and Dinesh have represented technology, life sciences and start-up companies in financings, M&A transactions and general corporate matters.
Mintz is expanding the firm’s technology capabilities with the arrival of William S. Perkins and Dinesh K. Melwani. Both join as Members in the Corporate & Securities Section and will help lead the firm’s technology initiative from Boston.
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Events & Speaking

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May
19
2020

Readying Yourself for Your First Major Capital Raise

Mintz, One Financial Center, Boston, MA

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Mar
2
2020
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Mar
2
2020

Legal Issues for Startups

Winter 2020 Start Smart Class for Entrepreneurs

MIT Tang Center

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Sep
12
2019

Startup Legal: Feedback from Boston's Top Startup Lawyers

Mintz Levin, One Financial Center, Boston, MA

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Apr
16
2019

Money for Startups

MIT Lawyer Simulation

Mintz, 1 Financial Center, Boston, MA 02111

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Aug
7
2018

Legal Start-Up Workshop

Boston College’s Soaring Startup Circle

Boston, MA

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Recognition & Awards

  • Named a Top Corporate Nominee, 2018 Boston Founders’ Short List

  • Super Lawyers: Included on the list of Massachusetts Rising Stars (2005 – 2008, 2010)

  • The Legal 500 United States: Recommended, M&A/corporate and commercial – Venture capital and emerging companies (2013, 2017, 2021)

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Involvement

  • Member, Boston Bar Association
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William S. Perkins

(he/him/his)

Member / Co-chair, Technology Practice

Boston