Jim is widely acclaimed as a proactive problem solver, and go-to advisor for navigating both the most complex transactions and disputes. His experience includes representing:
- Some of the world's largest private and public companies, as well as boards of directors and committees, in matters ranging from mergers and acquisitions, to asset dispositions, internal investigations, bet the company litigations, and restructurings;
- Private credit and investment funds in all aspects of their business activities, from formation to transaction diligence and execution;
- Fund managers, as well as some of the largest allocators of capital to alternative investment vehicles worldwide, in matters ranging from investment selection and due diligence, to monitoring, monetization, restructuring and dispute resolution;
- Investors, Trustees, Receivers and Liquidators in some of the largest and most complex U.S. and foreign financial vehicle-centered disputes litigated to date in U.S. Courts;
- Cayman, BVI, Bermuda, Anguilla, and Bahamas investor-selected and court-appointed Liquidators in connection with large and precedent-setting offshore disputes and liquidations;
- Family offices, high net-worth individuals and public figures in all facets of their business activities, from investing, to dispute resolution and interactions with government agencies worldwide;
- U.S. Bankruptcy Creditors’ Committees, Debtors, Chapter 11 and 7 Trustees, and equity holders in some of the most complex and hotly contested bankruptcy cases in history.
Jim’s diversified practice includes representation of athletes and entertainers in connection with investments, major transactions and disputes.
Jim began his legal career in Washington, D.C., as a member of the Honors Attorney Program with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's (PBGC) Office of the General Counsel. Upon returning to New York in 2000, he joined Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel's Commercial Restructuring & Bankruptcy Group. In 2005, Jim joined Reed Smith.
In addition to his work directly on behalf of clients, Jim is active in charitable fundraising and children's and environmental causes worldwide.
The broad spectrum of experience found within the Investment Management Group that Jim chairs spans the most currently relevant substantive areas of law, including, to list but a few examples: investment management and banking regulation; securities regulation and compliance; litigation, arbitration, mediation and other alternative dispute resolution mechanisms; restructuring and liquidation; derivatives and structured products documentation, analysis and dispute resolution; fund formation; portfolio transactions; investment adviser activity; broker-dealer issues; trust and fiduciary matters; product development; and the evolving field of hedge fund, mutual fund, and funds of funds merger & acquisitions.
