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    Home /  Lawyers /  James M. Shea Jr.

    James M. Shea Jr.

    Special Counsel

    New York +1-212-558-4000
    sheaj@sullcrom.com
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    New York

    +1-212-558-4000

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    sheaj@sullcrom.com

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    James is a Special Counsel in Sullivan & Cromwell’s General Practice Group, resident in New York. He advises public and private clients on equity and debt capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions transactions, and strategic corporate governance and U.S. securities law matters. James has represented issuers, investors, underwriters and buyers and sellers in public and private capital-raising and acquisition transactions in a variety of contexts. He regularly advises on ongoing public company matters, including corporate governance, ESG and disclosure matters, and advises clients on corporate domicile considerations and related comparative corporate governance matters.

    Speaking Engagements

    • Spoke on a panel titled “ESG: Putting Theory into Practice” as part of the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s 57th Annual Corporate Counsel Institute (September 27, 2018)
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    Spotlight

    S&C Advises Univision Communications on $1.4 Billion Debt Refinancing

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    S&C Advises Starbucks on $1.3 Billion Cash Tender Offer

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    • Credentials
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    Experience

    Experience

    Capital Markets

    • APA Group in its initial U.S. offering of $750 million guaranteed senior notes
    • AST SpaceMobile in common stock offerings aggregating over $200 million and establishing at the market offering program and committed equity facility
    • the underwriters of AT&T Inc. in capital markets transactions totaling over $100 billion of SEC-registered debt
    • Chrysler Group LLC (now known as FCA US LLC) in its initial public offering (transaction abandoned), initial registration statement with the SEC, and multiple refinancings
    • Coronado Global Resources Inc. in its initial public offering and listing on the Australian Securities Exchange

    • DISH Network in spectrum-backed high yield financings
    • Ferrari N.V. and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (now Stellantis N.V.) as its principal shareholder in Ferrari’s initial public offering and de-merger
    • Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (now Stellantis N.V.) in its listing on the New York Stock Exchange and Mercato Telematico Azionario organized by the Borsa Italiana, and multiple capital markets offerings including debt, equity and mandatory convertible securities
    • Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. in its debt capital markets transactions
    • LSC Communications, Inc. and Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. in their respective secondary offerings of shares of common stock held by former parent R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
    • the underwriters of Mobileye Global Inc. in its initial public offering and follow-on offering
    • Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group Pty Ltd. in its initial $325 million senior secured notes issued in the U.S. private placement market
    • Popular, Inc. in its initial public offering of EVERTEC, Inc. common stock (emerging growth company) as selling stockholder and follow-on public offerings of EVERTEC, Inc. common stock
    • Protara Therapuetics, Inc. in its $45 million PIPE financing and in its $100 million common stock offering
    • Quality Care Properties, Inc. in its spin-off from HCP Inc.
    • R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company in spin-off transactions of LSC Communications, Inc. and Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.
    • Starbucks on its $1.3 billion cash tender offer
    • TelevisaUnivision in its high-yield debt offerings and debt refinancings
    • the agents for Upstart Holdings in the establishment of its $500 million common stock ATM program
    • Vector Group Ltd. in its high-yield debt offerings
    • the underwriters of Visa Inc. in debt and equity capital markets transactions
    • Woolworths Limited in its spinoff and initial public offering of SCA Property Group

    M&A

    • AST SpaceMobile in its strategic investments from and commercial arrangements with wireless industry companies
    • Better HoldCo in its $6.9 billion acquisition by SPAC Aurora Acquisition Corp.
    • DISH Network in its merger with EchoStar, its agreement with T-Mobile, Sprint and the U.S. Department of Justice under which DISH acquired Sprint’s prepaid wireless business and entered the U.S. wireless market as the fourth nationwide facilities-based provider, its $800 million acquisition of EchoStar’s Broadcast Satellite Service Business, its transaction with Liberty Latin America’s $256 million acquisition of DISH spectrum assets in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands and prepaid mobile subscribers in those markets and numerous strategic transactions and investments to build out and deploy its wireless network
    • Fiat S.p.A. in acquiring 100% ownership of Chrysler Group LLC
    • Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. in its cross-border merger and redomiciliation
    • Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan as financial advisers to Twitter in its $44 billion acquisition by an entity wholly owned by Elon Musk
    • Goldman Sachs as financial adviser to Zynga in its $12.7 billion acquisition by Take-Two Interactive
    • Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. in its acquisition financing for acquisitions of NYSE Euronext and Interactive Data Holdings Corporation
    • LSC Communications, Inc. in its proposed acquisition by Quad/Graphics, Inc. (later terminated)
    • LSC Communications, Inc. in its acquisition of the print logistics business of R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
    • Popular, Inc. in its spin-off of EVERTEC, Inc. into a joint venture with funds affiliated with Apollo (September 2010), subsequent reorganization of ownership interest in EVERTEC, Inc. (April 2012) and continuing ownership of minority interest in EVERTEC, Inc.
    • Quality Care Properties, Inc. in its acquisition of HCR ManorCare, Inc.
    • SoftBank Group in the sale of its stake in Twenty One Capital to Tether International and in connection with Twenty One Capital’s business combination with Cantor Equity Partners, a SPAC sponsored by Cantor Fitzgerald, through which Twenty One will become a public company majority-owned by Tether and Bitfinex, with significant minority ownership by SoftBank

    Corporate Governance

    • Tesla on various corporate, corporate governance, compliance and disclosure matters, including in its redomiciliation from Delaware to Texas, ratification of its CEO’s incentive compensation approved by its shareholders, and its new CEO incentive compensation award approved by its shareholders
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    News

    News

    • S&C Advises Univision Communications on $1.4 Billion Debt Refinancing

      June 3, 2026
    • S&C Advises Starbucks on $1.3 Billion Cash Tender Offer

      June 2, 2026
    • S&C Advises SoftBank on Investment in Twenty One Capital and Concurrent NYSE Listing

      December 10, 2025
    • S&C Advises SoftBank Group in Formation of the First Bitcoin-Native Public Company

      April 25, 2025
    • S&C Advises TelevisaUnivision on $755 Million Notes Offering 

      October 21, 2024
    • S&C Advises TelevisaUnivision on $500 Million Notes Offering as Part of $1 Billion Debt Refinancing

      June 20, 2024
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    Publications, Videos and Podcasts

    Publications, Videos and Podcasts

    • Sustainability Reporting: What Should Companies Be Doing?

      Podcasts February 25, 2019
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    Credentials

    Credentials

    Education

    • Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 2009
    • Georgetown University, B.A., 2004

    Bar Admissions

    • California
    • New York
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    Related Practices

    Related Practices

    • General Practice
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Capital Markets
    • M&A Financial Advisory & Valuation
    • Media & Telecommunications
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Technology
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