James Shea is a special counsel in the Firm’s Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups. His practice covers a broad range of corporate and transactional matters in markets across North America and Europe. His experience includes advising public and private clients on capital markets, mergers and acquisitions transactions, and providing corporate governance and U.S. securities law advice. He regularly advises special purpose acquisition companies, their underwriters and their placement agents in IPOs and “de-SPAC” business combinations. He has represented issuers, investors, underwriters and buyers and sellers in public and private capital-raising and acquisition transactions in a variety of contexts. He advises clients in the technology, media and telecommunications space, as well as in a wide range of other industries, including consumer and retail, financial institutions, healthcare and life sciences, oil and gas and transportation.
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