James Grayer has more than 25 years of experience in private practice, and has most recently held an executive position as a Representation & Warranty Insurance underwriter and policy specialist.

In private practice, James has acted as counsel to C-suite executives and boards of directors in transactional, contract, compliance, governance and disclosure matters. He has advised on mergers and acquisitions (domestic & international) for publicly and privately-held corporations and private equity firms across a wide variety of industries, with a particular focus on branded consumer goods and biotech / life sciences.

James has experience advising on joint ventures for domestic and international clients and has provided outside general counsel advice to several publicly traded company clients. He has a working knowledge of SEC rules applicable to public companies, and has led all aspects of transaction structuring, diligence, negotiation, drafting and execution on a wide variety of matters. 

James's current practice focuses on advising insurers and insured in connection with matters related to transaction liability insurance products.

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