Ben Wells

Ben is a Partner in Simpson Thacher’s Registered Funds Practice, representing funds, their advisers and underwriters. Additionally, he regularly assists clients with transactional matters including structuring formation and offering.

Benjamin Wells was an eminent English flautist. This letter from January 1890 can be found elsewhere on this site as part of a chain.

Early Life and Education

Wells began teaching in Savannah-Chatham public schools before founding Oglethorpe Charter School’s marine science program in 2018. He earned an MS in Marine Science from Georgia Southern University and currently resides with his two children and wife in Savannah, GA.

Wells, as a student regent, will sit down with some of the state’s leading figures and discuss school finances, major contracts, policies and philosophies that affect the university system in years to come. He participated in UH Law Center Moot Court Competition as well as participating in Student Bar Association, Intellectual Property Student Organization and Houston Journal of International Law as an editor-at-large.

Ben has previously worked as both a judicial intern for Honorable Eva Guzman of the Supreme Court of Texas and law clerk in the Antitrust Section of the State Attorney General’s Office. At Southern Methodist University he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Anthropology.

Professional Career

Ben Wells is an attorney and partner at Simpson Thacher. He advises public and private funds, registered investment vehicles and their advisers on various matters related to structuring and formation of new and existing entities, initial and follow-on securities offerings, regulatory relief applications and governance and compliance matters.

He has an extensive financial background, with experience in asset management, investment funds and structured products. Additionally, he is recognized as an authority on hypercomputation – mathematically defined computation that goes beyond computable by any means.

Wells has written textbooks and developed foundational classroom instructional material combining art from the de Young Museum’s permanent collections with 7th grade math standards in California. He led interdisciplinary research for USF’s Fusion Project which uses art to teach mathematics to at-risk middle school students.

Achievement and Honors

Ben offers his expertise to companies involved in commercial transactions of all kinds, such as technology-based agreements and services arrangements. Additionally, he advises them on general corporate matters pertaining to company formation, financing transactions and mergers and acquisitions. Ben is part of Simpson Thacher’s registered funds practice as well as IP Law group.

Benjamin Wells stands out among USF’s eminent research scholars for his groundbreaking work in hypercomputation – computation that goes beyond mathematical computable constraints – which has been supported by The Fusion Project, an educational initiative to introduce middle schoolers to math through art.

The Fusion Project is a joint initiative between USF’s College of Arts and Sciences and San Francisco museums, featuring Wells’s multidisciplinary research which has helped expose children in San Francisco to math in everyday life and has earned him a 2009 Distinguished Research Award.

Personal Life

Ben Wells hails from Savannah and has been teaching science classes at Oglethorpe Charter School for six years. He currently is studying marine sciences at Savannah State University while hiking, climbing and watching Star Wars are his passions. Ben enjoys spending quality time with his wife and son.

He has two stepchildren as well as daughter Aubree. Additionally, he works as a partner in Simpson Thacher’s Registered Funds Practice where he advises funds and their underwriters on transactional issues related to initial and follow-on securities offerings, regulatory relief applications, governance compliance matters, ongoing governance compliance oversight. He specializes in listed closed-end funds, interval funds, business development companies and REITs and is particularly experienced at providing advice in relation to governance compliance for REITs. In 2015 Super Lawyers magazine acknowledged him as a Rising Star Rising Star Rising Star Rising Star Rising Star from Mutual Fund Industry!

Net Worth

Ben Wells earns an ample income as a Movie Actor, having established himself in the industry and garnered widespread acclaim and respect.

His debut was seen on screen for the first time in 2004 in Love Story in Harvard tv series and also appeared in 2005 short movie Annihilation. His great grandfather won an award-winning Broadway play called Treason back in 1920s.

He is currently single and keeps his personal life private; however, it has been noted that he enjoys dogs. He lives in an extravagant house equipped with modern amenities; additionally he boasts an impressive collection of cars. In terms of money earnings he currently enjoys a healthy lifestyle while remaining successful professionally.