WILLIAM A. MASON, IV

cmason@gravelshea.com

Chip Mason has been a partner in the Corporate Department of Gravel and Shea since 2006. Mr. Mason joined the firm in 2003 after practicing at another prominent law firm in Burlington, Vermont where he focused on equity financings.

At Gravel and Shea, Mr. Mason's practice consists of mergers and acquisition transactions and other investment activities, including representing private equity funds and companies in debt and equity financings. Mr. Mason has also focused upon other corporate engagements, including structuring agreements among investors, structuring shareholder, partnership and LLC agreements among and on behalf of various investor group and representing issuers and purchasers in the structuring, issuance and sale of securities.

Professional Experience

Representative transactions include: representing software company in connection with $13 million venture financing; advising the purchaser in the acquisition of the stock of a foreign software company and related debt financing; and representing a venture company in the financing of a technology company providing process piping solutions and modularization for electronics and life sciences.

Honors & Awards

• Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2008, 2009)

Bar Admissions

• Maine (1996)
• Vermont (1996)
• Massachusetts (1997)

Memberships & Affiliations

• Member, American Bar Association, Maine State Bar Association, Vermont Bar Association
• Trustee, The Lund Family Center, Inc.
• State of Vermont Liaison, Committee on State Regulation of Securities, ABA Business Law Section
• Chair, City of Burlington, Vermont Board of Tax Appeals
• Member, State of Vermont Working Group on Licensed Lender Laws

Clerkship

• Honorable Robert Clifford and Honorable Carolyn Glassman, Maine Supreme Judicial Court (1996-1997)

Education

• 1996, J.D., cum laude, University of Maine School of Law, Maine Law Review
• 1991, B.A., University of Vermont