Bio

James Langston is a partner in the Corporate Department and a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions Group. He has significant experience advising companies, boards and board committees on public company mergers, private equity transactions, private acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, activist defense, hostile takeover defense and corporate governance matters. Jim has significant experience in cross-border and domestic transactions, including conflict of interest transactions, mergers-of-equals, LBOs, joint ventures and carve-out transactions. He also frequently represents companies and their board of directors on activist defense situations. Jim has been recognized as an industry leader by various publications and directories including Chambers USA, Legal 500 US and IFLR 1000 – clients in Chambers refer to Jim as “very sharp, pragmatic and strategic” and commend his “outstanding judgment.” Jim was named a “Rising Star” by Law360 for his notable track record in M&A.