James W. McKenzie, Jr.
As a former public company general counsel, Jim McKenzie serves as the primary outside counselor in most of his client relationships. Jim advises clients on public and private offerings of debt and equity, initial public offerings, selling stockholders, disclosure and corporate governance matters, board fiduciary duties, NYSE and NASDAQ compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and cross-border transactions. He works with clients in the energy, healthcare services, life sciences, technology, manufacturing, financial services, and retail industries.
Jim is a past member of the firm’s Advisory Board and Audit Committee and has served in various management positions in the firm’s corporate and business transactions practice.
For three years, Jim served as executive vice president and general counsel of Verticalnet Inc., a Nasdaq-listed public company, where he managed a 16-person legal department and played an instrumental role in the company’s initial public offering, debt offerings, strategic alliances, joint ventures in Europe and Japan, and more than 25 acquisitions.
Jim is listed in Chambers USA and has previously been named a BTI Consulting Group Client Service All-Star and an American Lawyer IPO Dealmaker of the Year.
