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James A. McDaniel

Partner
 
Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
Two International Place
Boston, Massachusetts  02110
(Suffolk Co.)

Telephone: 617-248-5000
Fax: 617-248-4000
http://www.choate.com



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Practice AreasSpecialty Finance; Business Law; Technology Law; Public Utilities; Public Companies
 
EducationHarvard University, J.D., 1978, Stanford University, A.B., 1975
 
Admitted1978, Massachusetts; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
 
MembershipsBoston (Past Chairman, Business Law Section; Past Member, Task Force on Multi-Disciplinary Practice and Task Force on Corporate Governance) and American (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law) Bar Associations.
 
Born1953
 
BiographyCorporate & Securities: public and private offerings of equity, debt and hybrid securities, advising public companies and boards of directors on federal securities law compliance, mergers and acquisitions, tender offers, corporate restructurings, general corporate law issues. Energy & Utilities: capital markets transactions, involving both equity and debt, representation of underwriting syndicates in public and private offerings of securities, securities law compliance, secured and unsecured credit facilities, asset divestitures and restructuring, mergers and acquisitions. Financial Institutions: advise banks, bank holding companies and other financial institutions on corporate and securities law matters and in merger and acquisition transactions.
 
ISLN905007609
 
TransactionsRepresented WKSI registrant in competitive bought deal for $250 million of common stock. Represented company in registered induced conversion of convertible notes into common stock with market value of $989 million. Represented investment banks in $500 million offering of medium-term notes under Rule 144A. Represented affiliated utilities in creation of second mortgage indentures and subsequent issuance of over $5.8 billion of securities in Rule 144A and registered offerings and as collateral for other financings. Represented public company in registered exchange offer for $345 million of premium income equity securities and subsequent registered remarketings of related notes. Represented largest Massachusetts-based bank holding company in acquisition of another Massachusetts bank holding company. Represented utility in issuance of $340 million of mortgage bonds in lieu of supersedeas bond to stay enforcement of a judgment obtained by a bankrupt energy trading company. Represented borrowers in a $850 million secured revolving credit facility.
 


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