James Mercer III Bio

James (“Jamie”) Mercer is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group in the firm’s San Diego (Del Mar) and London offices. Jamie’s practice focuses on corporate law, with an emphasis in U.S. and cross-border capital markets and merger and acquisition transactions. Jamie represents companies and underwriters in public offerings of securities in the U.S., including initial public offerings, secondary public offerings, tender offers, registered direct offerings and private investments in public equities (PIPEs). He also advises U.S.-based and international companies and placement agents in private offerings of securities, including Rule 4(a)(2), Regulation D, Regulation S, and Rule 144A private placements. He advises publicly-traded companies on their periodic reporting and disclosure, Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank compliance, and regularly advises Boards of Directors and Committees on corporate governance matters and fiduciary obligations. Jamie also represents financial sponsors and public and private companies in U.S. and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, including asset sales, stock sales, mergers, triangular mergers, joint ventures and similar business combinations. Jamie regularly acts as U.S. counsel in connection with multijurisdictional international transactions. From 1999 to 2004, James was general counsel and chief financial officer of a Nasdaq-listed telecommunications software company.