Jim Clark is a member of the Executive Committee and has been a partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP since 1987. Mr. Clark's practice includes the representation of major investment banks and corporations in capital market transactions, including debt and equity offerings, bank financings and debt restructurings.
Recent transactions on which Mr. Clark has worked include:
- Representing BofA Merrill Lynch in a $15.78 billion exchange offer by CIT Group, Inc. which was named 2011 High Yield Deal of the Year by the International Financial Law Review (IFLR);
- Advising the underwriters on the $4.35 billion initial public offering of HCA Holdings, Inc. (reported to be the largest private equity backed IPO in U.S. history);
- Representing NBCUniversal in the $4.38 billion acquisition of exclusive U.S. broadcast rights for the 2014-2020 Summer and Winter Olympic Games;
- Representing the lenders in a $3.3 billion credit facility in connection with the merger of Infor Global Solutions and Lawson Software; and
- Advising the initial purchasers in a $1.5 billion debt offering of first and second lien notes by City Center Holdings, a joint venture of MGM Resorts International and Dubai World Infinity Development Corp.
Mr. Clark has been consistently recommended as a leading corporate business lawyer by 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.
Mr. Clark graduated from Stonehill College in 1976 (B.S.), where he currently serves as a member of the Board of Trustees, and from Albany Law School of Union University in 1979 (J.D.), where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review.
