C. Ben Vila
Associate
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Phone: +1 215 979 1520
- Duane Morris LLP
30 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196
USA
C. Ben Vila practices in the area of corporate law, including mergers and acquisitions, securities regulation and corporate governance matters.
Prior to practicing law Mr. Vila worked in the clean energy industry, developing residential and commercial solar projects and designing and implementing clean energy public policy and programs.
Mr. Vila is a 2022 magna cum laude graduate of Temple University Beasley School of Law, where he was executive articles editor and diversity editor of the Temple International and Comparative Law Journal, and a graduate of Brown University. He is conversational in Spanish.
Admissions
- Pennsylvania
Education
- Temple University Beasley School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2022
- Brown University, A.B., 2015
Experience
- Duane Morris LLP
- Associate, 2022-present
Selected Publications
- Co-author, "SEC Issues Final Rules on Disclosing Climate Risk," Duane Morris Alert, April 17, 2024
- Co-author, "Fifth Circuit Appeals Court Vacates SEC Stock Repurchase Rules," Duane Morris Alert, January 5, 2024
- Author, "Innovating Around Regulatory Uncertainty: Contracting for Battery Energy Storage as a Transmission Asset Within Restructured Markets," Temple International and Comparative Law Journal, Fall 2021
Representative Matters
Represented a national clean energy developer in the acquisitions of over 100 MW of community solar projects in New York, Pennsylvania, California, and Maine.
Represented IQVIA Inc. (NYSE: IQV), a leading global provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions and clinical research services to the life sciences industry, in connection with its acquisition of a life sciences consulting and communications company.
Represented Diversey Holdings, Ltd. (Nasdaq: DSEY), a leading hygiene, infection preventing and cleaning solutions company, in connection with its acquisition of an Ohio-based developer, manufacturer and distributor of professional hygiene products and services, as well as a manufacturing facility.
Represented L2P, a Philadelphia architecture and design firm, in its sale to Stantec Architecture Inc., a publicly traded international architecture and engineering company.
Represented Addteq, Inc., a leading business solutions provider for enterprise clients, in the sale of its consulting business to Valiantys, a global Atlassian services and consulting firm.