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James A. Knight

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Knight, James A.

Biography
Jim’s practice focuses primarily on private equity, mergers and acquisitions and capital markets transactions. He has more than fifteen years legal and financial experience working with senior management and boards of directors on corporate transactions and governance matters across a broad range of industries, including energy, software/technology, consumer products, restaurants and beverages, healthcare and financial services. Jim has represented both public and private companies in mergers, acquisitions, dispositions and strategic investments; represented issuers and underwriters in public and private debt and equity offerings; and counseled clients on securities law matters, corporate governance and other general corporate matters. In addition to his law firm experience in Dubai, New York and Houston, Jim served three years as in-house counsel for a NYSE-listed company based in New York that controlled a diversified portfolio of operating companies. He has also held senior legal and financial positions with venture-backed private companies.


Representative Experience
Corporate
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  • Represented Lime Rock Partners L.P. and portfolio companies in connection with more than a dozen energy sector transactions in the Middle East, Europe, India, Iraq, the U.K and the U.S. Recent closed investments include Lime Rock’s investments in Artificial Lift Company Ltd., DHS Oil International, Expert Petroleum, OilSERV, Tercel Oilfield Products and TGT Oil Services
  • Represented TVM Capital MENA, a Dubai-based private equity fund focused on the healthcare industry, in connection with its investment in Bourn Hall International, a transaction which brought the In-Vitro Fertilization concept to the GCC
  • Represented TVM Capital MENA in connection with its investment with Pro Vita, the first long-term care and rehabilitation facility for patients requiring ventilator support in the UAE
Capital Markets
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  • Represented Spectra Energy Partners, L.P. (owner of interstate natural gas pipelines and storage facilities) in its $253 million initial public offering of common units
  • Represented Cardtronics, Inc. (one of the world’s largest ATM operators) in its $120 million initial public offering of common stock
  • Represented various privately-held technology companies in raising equity and convertible debt financing from venture capital firms and strategic investors
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

Education and Professional Background
  • University of Houston Law Center, J.D., cum laude, 1992 (Order of the Coif; American Jurisprudence Award for Professional Responsibility)
  • Rice University, M.B.A., 2007
  • University of Texas, B.B.A. Finance, 1986
  • Admitted to practice: Texas, 1992; New York, 1997
Activities and Affiliations
  • Member, American Bar Association


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Jim is lauded as being "proactive in working out problems and resolving any issues."- Legal 500 EMEA, 2011