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JEFFREY B. WILLIAMS, PARTNER
Law:
Georgetown University Law Center, 1998, J.D., cum laude
Undergraduate:
Baylor University, 1990
Bachelor of Business Administration in Entrepreneurship and International Business
Professional Experience:
General Counsel, Edge Group LLC, 2005-2007
Associate, Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., 2000-2005
Associate, Jackson Walker LLP, 1998-2000
Jeff Williams has an extensive background in complex transactions, with an emphasis on real estate, finance, and
emerging businesses. Working alongside his now-partners while at a large national firm, he learned transactional
law under the guidance of some of the most talented lawyers in the industry. He later served as General Counsel of
a real estate and development company, overseeing over $1 billion in successful acquisition and disposition activity
in a two-year span.
In 2009, he and Mark Anderson formed Williams Anderson LLP on a handshake. The firm has since grown by
adding two additional partners with the same Vinson & Elkins pedigree. Jeff represents a core clientele of
institutional real estate firms, oil/gas concerns, and entrepreneurs and their growing businesses.
The partners at WARC have combined their expertise, relationships, and focus to close over $1 billion of transactions
since the firm's formation. Among those, Jeff led the following recent transactions:
• Lead landlord representation on numerous build-to-suit corporate headquarters leases, totaling over 500,000
square feet
• Lead outside advisor and counsel to growing nationwide retail brand, negotiating over 40 leases, formation
and structure documents, and (with assistance from outside securities counsel) a $20 million private equity
round
• Lead acquisition counsel for datacenter developer
• Lead borrower representation on an ongoing basis for Dallas-based institutional real estate concern, closing
construction and permanent financing rounds for office, industrial, and speculative development sites
Jeff served as the Vice Chairman of the Board of SP Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPBC) and as chair of the bank’s
Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee and a member of the bank’s Credit Policy Committee and
Compensation Committee. He played a central role in the sale of the bank for $46.2 million.
Contact:
1717 Main Street, Suite 5350
Dallas, Texas 75201
direct: 214-754-9302
fax: 214-754-9301
jwilliams@warc-law.com