Bio

Jim Ball will initially practice in our New York office in the Corporate & Securities Section before relocating to Miami to head up our Miami office, upon admission to the Florida bar. Jim is a seasoned capital markets and corporate attorney who focuses his practice on securities offerings, financings, corporate governance, and restructuring matters. He represents both issuers and underwriters in domestic and international offerings of various types of securities, including initial public offerings, registered offerings, Rule 144A/Regulation S securities, and high yield debt. Jim regularly advises boards of directors on corporate governance and other matters. His capabilities also include advising on leveraged buyouts, secured and unsecured lending, transportation finance, telecom and satellite finance, utility financings, project finance, acquisitions, and joint ventures. Jim has represented all major investment banks in various capital markets transactions, including Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Oppenheimer, Credit Suisse, Citigroup, Cowen, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, J.P. Morgan, Lazard, Scotiabank, and UBS Group. On the corporate side, some of his representations include U.S. Steel, Nabors Industries, ORBCOMM, Traveloka, Arrow Electronics, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, and the NYSE in corporate and finance matters. Prior to joining Mintz, Jim was a partner in the Capital Markets Group of an international law firm for more than 20 years. He has been recognized by The Legal 500 and New York Super Lawyers for his capital markets work and as a leading lawyer by the International Finance Law Review’s “IFLR 1000.” In law school, Jim served as an associate editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review.