< Directory William Q. Orbe

William Q. Orbe is a founding partner of the firm. His clients include hedge funds, investment banks, banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions. He specializes in investment and financing transactions, including private equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, mezzanine capital, venture capital investments, and structured investments. He regularly provides strategic and regulatory advice to shareholders holding controlling positions in public companies and to boards of directors in connection with mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Orbe’s experience also includes a wide variety of other transactions and advice, including joint ventures, start-ups and fund formation and securities regulatory and compliance matters. Some illustrative representations include:

• Representing a consortium of banks in the sale of a financial services company;
• Representing a corporation controlled by ocean carriers in the sale of control;  
• Representing co-investors in going-private acquisitions of gaming, real estate and industrial companies;
• Representing the purchaser of a medical products company;
• Representing the seller of a retail clothing company;
• Representing the independent committee of directors in the sale of a real estate development company;
• Representing the lead investor in capitalizing a new private equity fund in South America;
• Representing the lead investor in the formation and capitalization of an insurance company;
• Representing the lead investor in the formation and capitalization of a finance company;
• Representing a lead investor in the re-capitalization of a broker-dealer;
• Representing a joint venture partner in joint ventures in Asia formed to develop commercial real estate complexes and infrastructure projects;
• Representing a co-investor in the re-capitalization of a mass transit system; and 
• Representing a co-lead lender in providing rescue capital to a public utility.

Mr. Orbe is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. He is admitted to practice in New York.

News

• U.S. News-Best Lawyers awards RK&O "Law Firm of the Year" in White Collar-Government Investigations Law and recognizes firm's other practice areas
• RK&O's representation of ORIX USA on agreement to acquire a majority interest in Mariner Investment Group mentioned in The Am Law Daily
• RK&O attorneys recognized as 2010 Super Lawyers
• Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP celebrates its 20th anniversary
• RK&O attorneys recognized as 2009 Super Lawyers

Publications

• "Buying a Majority Interest in a Hedge Fund Manager: An Acquirer's Primer on Key Structuring and Negotiating Issues" by Scott Budlong, Eva Marie Carney, Thao Do, Eric O'Meara, William Orbe and Kenneth Werner published in The Hedge Fund Law Report
• Lending, Investing and Trading After the Market Break

Professional & Community Affiliations

• Member, Association of the Bar of the City of New York