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James serves as Partner in Wiggin and Danaโs Stamford office where he represents corporate and individual clients in connection with mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, commercial agreements, and other complex corporate transactions and related corporate governance matters. James is also Co-Chair of the Cannabis Practice Group. He advises clients across multiple industries, including manufacturing, retail, pharmaceutical, biotech, cannabis, and several services sectors.
James has experience representing acquirers, issuers, and financial advisors in private and public offerings of equity securities in connection with merger and acquisition transactions. James frequently advises management teams and C-Suite executives in rollover equity, corporate governance and other matters in connection with M&A transactions.
Before joining the firm, James was an associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPโs Financial Institutions Group in New York, where he counseled private equity groups, banks, specialty finance firms, insurance companies, and other private and publicly-held regulated financial institutions on mergers, acquisitions, recapitalizations, dispositions of assets and securities, and corporate governance.
James is a member of the oversight committee for the Wiggin Opportunity Initiative, through which the firm provides free legal services to businesses owned by women, minority individuals, and persons of other historically underrepresented groups, as well as a member of the firmโs Pro Bono Committee.
He received his J.D. cum laude from Temple University Beasley School of Law and his B.A. cum laude from Colgate University.
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- Temple University Beasley School of Law (J.D., 2008)
- cum laude
- Colgate University (B.A., 2004)
- cum laude
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- Representingย Anticimex International AB, a leading global pest control company based in Stockholm, Sweden and portfolio company of EQT Partners, in connection with its entry and continued expansion into the United States pest control market throughout the Eastern Seaboard, Southeast United States, Southwest United States and West Coast.ย To date, Anticimex has completed approximately 100 acquisitions in the United States.
- Representedย Southfield Capital Partners, a Connecticut middle market private equity firm, in connection with:
- its acquisition ofย Milrose Consultants, LLC, a New York-based provider of building code compliance, fulfilment, and consulting solutions, from its selling equity holders. Also advised Southfield Capital in obtaining debt financing through OFS Capital;
- its acquisition ofย Permit Advisors, LLC, a California-based provider of permit expediting and commercial real estate consulting services, from its selling equity holder;
- its acquisition of Integrated Companies, LLC, a Pennsylvania-based provider of construction support services, from its selling equity holder;
- its strategic partnership with Howard L. Zimmerman, Architects & Engineers, D.P.C., a leading New York City-based architecture and engineering firm;
- its acquisition of Masterplan Texas, a Dallas-based provider of land use, construction and permitting services, and its related company LaBarba Permitting; and
- multiple other add-on acquisitions in California, New York, Illinois, and other United States jurisdictions.
- Representedย Olink Proteomics Holding AB, a Swedish company which provides innovative products and services for protein biomarker research and development through its ProSeek Multiplex technology, in its sale to Summa Equity, a Swedish-based private equity firm.ย Previously, the firm had represented Olink in connection with its sale of its DuoLinkยฎ Technology product line to Sigma-Aldrich International GmbH.
- Represented Edge Technology Group, a Connecticut-based a leading global technology advisory and fully-managed IT service provider for alternative investment managers, in its sale to Thrive, a premier provider of Cybersecurity and Digital Transformation Managed Services controlled by Court Square Capital.
- Representedย Cleanse LLC, an acquisition vehicle headed by a Connecticut-based entrepreneur, in its acquisition of ReadyDock, Inc., a Connecticut-based manufacturer of devices that decontaminate mobile devices like cell phones and tablets.ย Also advised Cleanse in its equity financing for the acquisition.
- Represented a consortium of private investors in their acquisition of Alliance Advisors, a New Jersey-based independent advisory firm that supports public & private companies with strategic shareholder & Investor advisory services, and subsequent add-on acquisitions, including Proxy Advisory Group.
- Represented SDG Corporation, a Connecticut-based global cybersecurity, identity governance, GRC, risk consulting and advisory firm, in its acquisition of CoreBlox, a premier provider of Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions for enterprise, federated, and cloud environments.
- Represented Navesink Mortgage, LLC, a provider of income calculation and verification technology endorsed by government-sponsored entities (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, in its sale to LoanLogics, a digital mortgage solutions provider for digital loan commerce.
- Representedย Fun Spot Manufacturing LLC, based in Hartwell, GA, in its sale to ABEO, a world leader in sports and leisure equipment.
- Representedย Highway Toll Administration in its sale to an affiliate of private equity firm, Platinum Equity.
- Represented a distributor of packaging and shipping supplies, primarily to government agencies, in its sale to a veteran owned, private equity backed platform company.
- Represented a provider of digital security solutions in its sale to a New York-based family office.
- Representedย DexKo Global Inc., a portfolio company of KPS Capital Partners and a global leader in axles, chassis and trailers, in transactions including:
- its acquisition of substantially all of the assets ofย Kodiak Products Co., Inc., a manufacturer of disc brakes and related components, parts, and accessories headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas; and
- its acquisition of substantially all of the assets ofย Henderson Wheel & Trailer Supply, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of trailer axles, parts, and accessories headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah; and
- its acquisitions of substantially all the assets ofย Silent Drive, Inc.ย is an Iowa-based designer and manufacturer of customized lift axles and suspensions; and
- its acquisition of theย Fenders Nโ More business line of C. Wolfe Industries, Inc., manufacturer and assembler of customized and production fenders
- Representedย Breakthrough Technology Group (BTG) in connection with a transaction in which ABRY Partners, a leading private equity firm, acquired a majority stake in BTG.
- Represented a medical cannabis grower in a change of control transaction and recapitalization.
- Representedย Hudson Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq) in connection with the $220 million acquisition of Airgas Refrigerants, Inc. and related term and revolving debt financings
- Representedย Probi AB (publ), a Swedish publicly traded bioengineering company that develops probiotics, in Probiโs $105MM acquisition of the assets and operations of TNTGamble, Inc. d/b/a Nutraceutix, a Washington State-based manufacturer and supplier of probiotics.
- Representedย HAL Investments B.V. portfolio company AudioNova International B.V., though its AudioNova Direct business line, in its structured acquisition of SC Industries LLC, a direct to consumer retailer of hearing aids and personal sound amplification devices. AN Directโs acquisition of SCI represents its entry into the US direct to consumer hearing aid market through the scalable platform of an established direct-to-consumer hearing aid retailer.
- Representedย The Hour Publishing Company in connection with the sale of its media assets to Hearst.
- Represented clientย Bernoulli Enterprise, Inc., a leader in real-time medical device technology in its sale to Capsule Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of medical device integration for hospitals and healthcare organizations. The acquisition includes Bernoulli OneTM, a real-time clinical surveillance solution that gives care teams contextual information on a patientโs condition that can facilitate early intervention, improve patient safety and enable better clinical outcomes.
- Representedย Genpact Limited (NYSE: G) in connection with:
- its acquisition ofย riskCanvas Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, from riskCanvasโ parent company, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. riskCanvas is engaged in the business of marketing, licensing, and selling certain software in the field of financial institution fraud, anti-money laundering, and financial transaction surveillance, as well as providing certain consulting services with respect to the aforementioned fields; and
- its acquisition ofย Commonwealth Informatics, Inc. (CI) ,a market-leading provider of cloud-based drug safety analytics products and services for medical research and healthcare delivery headquartered near Boston, MA.
- Representedย The Marlin Company, a Connecticut based provider of workplace signage, in connection with Marlinโs sale to AppSpace, a Marlin competitor and portfolio company of LLR Equity Partners, a Philadelphia, PA-based private equity firm. The transaction has created a combined company that expects to have significant synergies and complementary product offerings.
- Represented iDevices, LLC, a leading IoT company, in its sale to Hubbell Incorporated (NYSE).
- Represented the CEO and COO of Dana Safety Supply, Inc., a provider and upfitter of public safety lighting and tactical equipment, in connection with its sale to AEA Investors, a private equity firm.