Bio

James Schulwolf is a partner in Shipman's Business and Corporate Practice Group. He focuses his practice on advising clients in financing, investment, acquisition, and restructuring transactions. He is known as a trusted advisor who provides practical and creative advice and cost-effective solutions in the transactions in which he is involved. In the Finance sector, Jim regularly represents financial institutions including banks, mezzanine funds, and other institutional investors in structuring, documenting, and closing complex senior and mezzanine financings, including mezzanine financings with equity co-investments. He regularly represents lenders in connection with acquisition financings, financing of alternative energy projects (including wind, solar, and fuel cell projects), asset-based loans, cash flow loans, and syndicated credit facilities and also represents Shipman's corporate clients and private equity portfolio companies in their financing transactions. In the Investment sector, Jim regularly represents SBICs in connection with their debt and equity portfolio investments as well as SBA regulatory matters. He also regularly represents institutional investors in connection with their investments in private equity funds, domestic and offshore hedge funds and direct portfolio companies. He also represents institutional lenders and independent schools in connection with tax-exempt and taxable bond financings.