Bill Hanigan
CONCENTRATION
Bill Hanigan is a shareholder of the Davis Brown Law Firm. As a member of the Business Division, he has a general practice in, but not limited to, the
areas of business organizations and transactions, agribusiness, debt restructuring, corporate reorganization, finance, and securities. In addition,
Bill leads the firm's renewable energy team and currently acts as general
counsel to ethanol manufacturing companies with more than 370 million gallons
per year of corn ethanol production.
Bill represents clients in Iowa and across the Midwest in renewable fuels,
ethanol, biodiesel, biogas, and related emerging
technologies. He advises clients about business development, financing,
regulation, and reporting issues related to the industry.
In addition, Bill has effectively negotiated and
assisted the negotiation of numerous financing, construction, labor,
management, marketing, and other commercial contracts to ensure the
organizations meet their short and long-term financial targets.
REPRESENTATIVE ENGAGEMENTS
As part of his extensive range of legal experience, Bill has closed financing transactions with the banks that have financed the majority of corn ethanol and biodiesel facilities in operation in the United States. Bill recently led the legal team acquiring a 55mgpy ethanol manufacturing plant in Wisconsin.
Bill has provided legal services to 35 operating ethanol and biodiesel manufacturing companies in the United States.
He represents a coalition of ethanol manufacturing companies in a joint state tax refund claim.
PUBLICATIONS, SPEECHES AND SEMINARS
Bill is a frequent writer and speaker at various industry events. He recently spoke at the Iowa Land Investment Expo, the state's premier forum for businesses and individuals with an interest in farmland, investment real estate, commodities, economics and rural development. Bill most recently gave a continuing legal education seminar to Iowa Bar Association members regarding the JOBS Act of 2012. This new law changes the way companies raise and account for capital in the United States.
OF NOTE
Bill previously practiced public accounting and was tax counsel to U.S. Senator Charles Grassley where he assisted the Senator in his role as a member of the Finance Committee.
Alma Maters
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Creighton University, 1990
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Creighton University School of Law, 1993
Bar Admissions
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Iowa, 1993
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Minnesota, 2005
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Nebraska, 1997
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