Jim serves as Barclay Damon’s Corporate Practice Area co-chair and co-team leader of the manufacturing team. With over 35 years of experience handling commercial, corporate, and finance law matters, he primarily concentrates his practice on commercial and corporate transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures; commercial lending transactions on behalf of investors, lenders, and borrowers; and various other commercial transactions. He has substantial experience representing companies involved in technology commercialization, renewable energy, health care, and hospitality industries.
Jim acts as lead, local, sole, and general outside counsel for individuals and privately and publicly held companies, ranging from sole proprietorships to publicly held multinational corporations, in formations, corporate maintenance, and a wide range of transactional matters.
He has substantial experience representing companies involved in technology commercialization, renewable energy, health care, and hospitality industries as well as commercial lenders and borrowers in commercial lending transactions, including the initial structuring, modification, work-out, and restructuring of those relationships.
Jim also has substantial experience representing franchisees and potential franchisees including Planet Fitness, Baileys, Doctor’s Associates Inc. (Subway), and various automobile manufactures, regarding disclosure, franchise, and other agreements, as well as underlying leases and ancillary contracts.