James J. Clark

PARTNER

Jim is a member of Cahill's Executive Committee and its corporate practice group.

Jim represents major investment banks and corporations in capital market transactions, including debt and equity offerings and bank financings, as well as merger and acquisition transactions and debt restructurings.

Jim has been consistently recommended as a leading corporate business lawyer by a number of publishers, including Chambers Global, Chambers USA, Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Capital Markets Lawyers (IFLR), Who's Who Legal (International Bar Association), The Legal 500, and Who's Who in American Law.

• Representation of dealer managers in private exchange offers and cash tender offers for over $28 billion of outstanding debt securities of GMAC and ResCap.
• Representation of initial purchasers in a $1.5 billion Rule 144A debt offering for MGM Mirage.
• Representation of Bank of America, Citibank, JP Morgan and Merrill Lynch in connection with $16.8 billion of bank financing for the acquisition of HCA, Inc. by a sponsor consortium.
• Representation of NBC Sports in a variety of transactions, including the negotiation of the U.S. broadcast rights for ten different Olympic Games.
• Representation of Bank of America and JP Morgan Chase Bank in providing $3.5 billion of bank financing commitments for the acquisition of OMX AB by NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc.
• Representation of Bank of America and other lenders in providing $9.0 billion of bank financing commitments for the acquisition of Harrah's Entertainment Inc. by affiliates of Apollo Management, L.P. and Texas Pacific Group.