James C. Gorton

James's experience includes advising:

• TradeLens, a blockchain-enabled shipping platform, in its joint venture investment by CMA CGM and MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company
• Ocean Network Express (“ONE”) in the acquisition of Atlas Corp., a UK-based global asset management company, by Poseidon Acquisition Corp
• Hyundai Motor Group in its US$4 billion joint venture with Aptiv to form an autonomous driving platform
• Siemens in connection with its:    
  • US$7.6 billion acquisition of Dresser-Rand Group, suppliers of custom-engineered rotating equipment solutions for the oil and gas industry
  • US$4.5 billion acquisition of Mentor Graphics Corporation, a provider of software and hardware design solutions for the development of electronic products 
  • US$970 million acquisition of CD-adapco, a developer of computer-aided engineering applications, including computational fluid dynamics, solid mechanics, and heat transfer
  • US$730 million acquisition of Mendix, a developer of low-code software platforms
  • €636 million sale of its water technologies business unit, a provider of the treatment and processing of water and wastewater, to AEA Investors
• Siemens Healthineers in its US$16.4 billion acquisition of Varian Medical Systems, a global leader in cancer care
• T-Mobile US in connection with its:
  • Merger with Sprint, a provider of communications services 
  • Acquisition of Layer3 TV, a next-generation television provider offering subscribers television and online video content streaming services
• Ares Management in connection with its:
  • US$3.4 billion reverse merger of American Capital, a private equity firm focused on employee and management buyouts, with Ares Capital
  • Acquisition of the asset-based lending portfolio of First Capital Holdings, a commercial finance company
  • Acquisition by Ares Capital of Barclays Private Credit Partners Fund, a middle-market corporate loan portfolio
• Facebook with respect to its terrestrial and subsea fiber network buildout program
• Electric Lightwave, formerly known as Integra Telecom, a provider of infrastructure and telecom services, in its US$1.4 billion sale to Zayo Group Holdings
• Credit Suisse in its joint venture with Palantir Technologies to form Signac, a company focused on identifying unauthorized trading in the financial services industry using Big Data analytic tools
• Bank of America in the sale by its subsidiary Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, of its fixed income, preferred stock, foreign exchange, commodities, and convertible bond indices and related assets to Intercontinental Exchange
• US Olympic Committee in connection with bidding for the 2024 Olympic Games
• US Soccer in its bid to host the 2022 and 2026 FIFA World Cup™, advising the bid committee on all legal aspects of the bid, including commercial and sponsorship agreements, government guarantees, and FIFA rules