Profile: William P Rogers Jr

Capital Markets

Biography: Capital Markets

William P Rogers, Jr is a partner in the Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP corporate department. Bud's practice encompasses the representation of both corporate and financial institution clients in a wide variety of matters, including corporate governance and SEC compliance matters, international securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions and derivative financial products.

Recently, Bud advised Shell in connection with its corporate restructuring and earlier reserves and financial restatements; Banco Santander SA in its US$100 billion acquisition of ABN AMRO by a consortium of bidders, including Santander; represented Ineos Group Limited, a major UK chemical company, in the financing of its acquisition of the Innovene chemicals business from BP plc; represented Terna, SpA, which operates the Italian electricity grid, in its IPO; represented the banks in the leveraged acquisitions of Amadeus, SA, the airline computer reservations system operator; Seat, SpA, an Italian publisher; Debenhams plc, a UK department store; and MTU, a German engine manufacturer.

Bud is a regular participant on various Practising Law Institute panels, having chaired the programs on Securities Offerings and Swaps and other Derivatives. He is also a member of the Securities Institute Advisory Committee for the PLI Annual Institute on Securities Regulation in Europe.

Bud was born in Bronxville, New York. He received a BA from Union College in 1972, and a JD from Case Western Reserve School of Law in 1978. Bud joined Cravath in 1979 and became a partner in 1985. From 1998-2001, he served as the firm's managing partner-corporate, and from 2001 to 2007, headed the firm's London office.