James Bauerle Bio

Since cofounding Renaissance Partners, LLC in 1986, James F. (Jim) Bauerle has assisted companies throughout America’s heartland. He is particularly known for his experience in banking and other financial services. For Renaissance Partners clients, he has conducted assessments of their business needs and implemented plans to meet those needs. These have included management buyouts of industrial and commercial businesses, debt and equity restructurings, negotiation or renegotiation of contracts with suppliers or customers, as well as tapping government financing to foster economic development. Mr. Bauerle has served as a director or executive officer of companies in the banking, insurance and equipment leasing businesses. His work has been included in case studies at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve System. In the community, Mr. Bauerle served as board chair for Three Rivers Employment Service, Inc., a nonprofit agency that assisted underemployed and unemployed young persons in their efforts to secure jobs with a future. He also served Calvary Episcopal Church, Western Pennsylvania’s largest Episcopal congregation, in multiple lay leadership roles. Jim is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Oberlin College and earned his law degree from Cornell University in 1979. He is admitted to practice law in the state courts of Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia and in U.S. federal court.