Jim Clark is a member of Cahill’s Executive Committee and Co-Chair of the firm’s Corporate Department, representing major investment banks and corporations in capital market transactions, including debt and equity offerings, bank financings, and debt restructurings.
Jim’s recent representations include:
“A superb lawyer. He is the best in the business.” – Chambers USA
Jim has been consistently recommended as a leading corporate business lawyer by Chambers Global, Chambers USA, Lawdragon 500, 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. He was named as one of the 30 best lawyers in the United States in both the Banking & Finance and Capital Markets categories by Euromoney’s The Best of the Best USA. He was also named “Lawyer of the Year” in 2018 by Best Lawyers Magazine for Securities/Capital Markets law in New York City. Jim has been inducted into The Legal 500 Hall of Fame for Commercial Lending and named a Leading Lawyer for Capital Markets: High-Yield Offerings. He was also named to the Lawdragon Hall of Fame and is included in Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Dealmakers in America guide.
Jim graduated from Stonehill College in 1976 (BS), where he formerly served as a member of the Board of Trustees, and from Albany Law School of Union University in 1979 (JD), where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review.