Tarrant, Karen L.

Bill is an associate in Wiggin and Dana's Corporate Practice Department in the New Haven office. His practice focuses on the representation of emerging growth companies with respect to venture capital financing transactions, loan transactions and mergers and acquisitions. Bill advises both private and public companies on a wide array of financings which include equity, debt and convertible debt, as well as PIPEs. Bill also advises the firm's clients on a variety of derivative transactions.

In addition, Bill also advises companies regarding compliance with various laws and regulations which impact their ability to raise funds, such as the Securities Act, the Securities Exchange Act, Sarbanes-Oxley, Reg. FD and rules promulgated by the NYSE, AMEX, NASDAQ and the FINRA. Bill joined Wiggin and Dana in 2007.

Prior to joining Wiggin and Dana, Bill worked for nine years at a law firm in New York City where he represented issuers and leading securities firms in a variety of public and private securities offerings, including Tier 1 and Tier 2 equity and debt offerings, equity and other derivative offerings and convertible, exchangeable and variable-rate debt and preferred stock offerings.

Bill received his B.A. from Fordham University and received his law degree from Fordham University Law School.