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Goodwin Offices

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BOSTON MA 02210
MASSACHUSETTS
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James Barri

Position
Partner
Career
James Barri is a partner, Co-Chair of the Capital Markets practice and Co-Chair of the Debt Capital Markets practice. Mr. Barri works on a variety of corporate and securities matters, including public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, tender and exchange offers, securities law compliance for public and private companies and other general corporate matters.
Education
J.D., 2001 Georgetown University Law Center (cum laude) / B.A., 1998 Cornell University
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
Goodwin‘s debt capital markets practice is active as both issuer’s and underwriters’ counsel and has a particularly strong reputation for its convertible bonds expertise. James Barri is well known for representing investment banks as underwriters in 144A and public convertible note offerings, particularly in the tech and life sciences spaces. Ettore Santucci represents publicly traded REITs and real estate operating companies in connection with a range of securities matters. The two Boston-based partners jointly lead the group. John Servidio in New York has considerable experience handling convertible note offerings and leads the derivative and structured products practice which sits within the overarching capital markets group. Audrey Leigh in New York and Kim de Glossop in Silicon Valley are key contacts in the team; Leigh focuses on capital markets transactions in the real estate, hospitality, and specialty finance sectors, while de Glossop is well versed in convertible notes and investment-grade offerings in the tech and life sciences spaces.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Finance > Commercial lending
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Financial services regulation