Jim joined the firm in May 2013 as a partner in the Global Corporate Group, and is a leading lawyer in our U.S. fund formation team. Jim’s practice focuses primarily on the capital raising and transactional activities of private equity firms and private companies. He has represented fund sponsors in forming a broad variety of private equity funds, including real asset funds, growth equity funds, buyout funds, impact investing funds, mezzanine funds and funds-of-funds.
Jim has regularly represented private equity firms and their portfolio companies in acquisitions, dispositions and financings, as well as strategic investors participating in private placements and M&A transactions. He also has substantial experience in corporate governance matters and financial restructurings.
Throughout his career, many of Jim’s matters have been cross-border in nature, and he has extensive experience working with clients, counterparties and professional advisors in the Middle East.