Myia Williams is an associate in Cohen & Gresser’s New York office in the firm’s Corporate practice group, where she focuses on corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures.

In her prior roles, Myia has provided guidance throughout the deal cycle, managed the due diligence process, and drafted and negotiated primary and ancillary transaction documents. On the corporate governance side, Myia has executed board and stockholder consents, attended company board meetings, and reviewed and revised charter and organizational documents, commercial contracts, and purchase and financing agreements.

Prior to joining the firm, Myia was a Corporate associate at McDermott Will & Emery LLP and at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, where she represented clients in connection with public equity and high-yield debt offerings as well as corporate governance issues.

Myia previously served as a student attorney at the Investor Justice Education Clinic, as a legal intern at the Federal Aviation Administration, and as a New Applications Patent Specialist at Oliff, PLC, where she reviewed new patent applications, provided a red flags summary to IP specialists, and worked closely with the USPTO on patent filings and post-filing deadlines and issues.

Myia received her J.D. from Howard University School of Law, where she served as a Staff Editor of the Howard Human Rights & Civil Rights Law Review. She is also a graduate of the University of South Carolina, where she received her B.S. in Insurance and Risk Management and Anthropology and minored in Political Science.