William Sellay is a partner in the Business Transactions Practice Group and chairs the firm's International Practice Group. He brings to business clients substantial experience on counseling companies in structuring and negotiating cross-border and domestic acquisitions, joint ventures, and licensing agreements, and on U.S. regulation of trade and business practices. A significant part of his practice centers on the special legal problems associated with production, marketing, and distribution of products and services, including the selection and termination of distribution channels, pricing, advertising and promotional programs, competition law compliance, intellectual property protection, and products liability prevention.
Mr. Sellay is immediate past chair of the Intellectual Property Committee of the American Bar Association's Business Law Section. He is a member of the International Bar Association and the Licensing Executives Society. He is also past chair of the Antitrust and Trade Regulation Section of the Connecticut Bar Association. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in the areas of Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law since 2006 (Copyright 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC). Mr. Sellay has also been named to the New England Super Lawyers® list since 2006 (Super Lawyers is a registered trademark of Key Professional Media, Inc.).
He is a former member of the Advisory Board of the Clean Energy Fund, which invests in enterprises involved in the development, production, and use of energy from renewable sources. Mr. Sellay was appointed by the United States secretary of commerce to the Department of Commerce District Export Council. He is a member of the British American Business Council in the Midlands, UK, and the German American Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Sellay was interviewed and quoted in a cover article of Director magazine, a monthly publication for business leaders published in the UK by the Institute of Directors.
Mr. Sellay held engineering positions with both IBM and Honeywell Corporation before joining the firm.
EDUCATION
| — | J.D., University of Michigan Law School |
| — | B.S., with honors, Michigan State University, Electrical Engineering |
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
| — | New York, DC, and Connecticut Bar Associations |
| — | International Bar Association |
| — | Immediate Past Chair, American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Committee of the Business Law Section |
| — | Executive Committee Member and Former Chair, Connecticut Bar Association, Antitrust and Trade Regulation Section |
| — | Advisory Committee, Information Technology Conflict Management of the International Institute of Conflict Prevention & Resolution |
| — | U.S. Department of Commerce District Export Council |
| — | Former Advisory Board Member, Connecticut Innovation, Inc. |
| — | Chair of International Committee, State Capital Group |
| — | Former Advisory Board Member, Clean Energy Fund, which invests in enterprises involved in the development, production, and use of energy from renewable sources |
| — | Chairman of the Board, Biomedical Engineering Alliance & Consortium |
| — | British American Business Council in the Midlands |
| — | German American Chamber of Commerce |
| — | The Best Lawyers in America, listed |
| — | Licensing Executives Society |
| — | Chair, International Committee of U.S. Law Firm Group |
HONORS AND AWARDS
| — | Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in the areas of Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law since 2006 (Copyright 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) |
