James J. Beha, II > Baker Botts L.L.P. > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Baker Botts L.L.P. Offices
30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10112-4498
NEW YORK
United States
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James J. Beha, II
Work Department
Litigation
Position
Partner
Career
Jim Beha represents clients in high-stakes litigation matters, including securities, mergers and acquisitions, and directors’ and officers’ liability litigation.
Jim defends public companies, corporate officers and directors, and underwriting syndicates in securities class action litigation and other securities related matters, including M&A litigation, shareholder derivative litigation, and SEC enforcement proceedings. He also advises corporate boards, special committees, and directors in connection with internal investigations, responses to shareholder demands, disclosure issues, and other corporate governance matters.
A frequent author on topics related to securities litigation, M&A litigation, and other business litigation issues, Jim has published articles in The New York Law Journal, Law360, The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, and other leading legal publications. He is also co-author of chapters in several leading treatises, including “Director and Officer Liability” in Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts (Thomson Reuters); “Settling a Class Action” in Settlement Agreements in Commercial Disputes: Negotiating, Drafting & Enforcement (Wolters Kluwer Law & Business); “Securitization and Structured Finance Litigation” in Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts (Thomson Reuters); and “Insider Trading Laws and Employee Stock Compensation” in Insider Trading Law and Developments (ABA).
Jim is an active member of the Federal Bar Council, currently serving on its Second Circuit Courts Committee and in the Council’s Inn of Court. He also serves as co-chair of the New York State Bar Association’s Securities Litigation Committee.
Jim served as a law clerk to the Honorable Kevin Thomas Duffy, United States District Judge in the Southern District of New York. He received his A.B. with honors from Princeton University in 2002 and his J.D. from New York University School of Law in 2006.
Jim serves on the Board of Directors of SCO Family Services, the largest human services agency in the New York area, and of the Rye Historical Society.
Memberships
New York State Bar
United States Supreme Court
United States Courts of Appeals for the First, Second, and Sixth Circuits
United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, and Eastern Districts of New York
United States District Court for the District of Colorado
Education
J.D., New York University School of Law 2006
B.A., Religion, Princeton University 2002
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
Firm Rankings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Project finance
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense