| Biography:
James Gerkis is a Partner in the Corporate Department of Proskauer Rose LLP. Proskauer Rose LLP is one of the United States' largest law firms, providing a wide variety of legal services to major corporations, investment banks and other clients throughout the United States and around the world. Founded in 1875 in New York City, the firm employs over 700 attorneys in the United States, Europe and South America.
James Gerkis has extensive experience in sophisticated domestic and international corporate, financing, securities and real estate transactions. His practice expertise includes: mergers and acquisitions and leveraged buy-outs; private equity and venture capital transactions; real estate transactions, including joint ventures and hotel and resort developments; various financing transactions; and securities experience, representing both issuers and underwriters.
Among other clients, Mr. Gerkis represents L-3 Communications Corporation, Merrill Lynch, Town Sports International, Emaar Hotels & Resorts and Oxford Analytica.
Mr. Gerkis is Co-Chair of the Securities, Commodities and Exchanges Committee and Vice-Chair of the Homeland Security Committee of the ABA’s Section on Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice. He has made presentations relating to securities law and homeland security at several ABA conferences and is the author of many articles on various aspects of securities law, homeland security and related subjects.
Mr. Gerkis received his law degree from Columbia University School of Law in 1983 where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and a Teaching Fellow. He did his undergraduate work at Columbia University where, having been admitted without finishing high school, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science in 1980.
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