James ("Jamie") Mercer is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group working out of the firm's San Diego (Del Mar) and London offices.
Jamie's practice focuses on corporate law, with an emphasis in U.S. and cross-border merger and acquisition transactions and capital markets transactions. From 2011 to 2017, Jamie resided in London, serving as the Office Managing Partner for the Firm’s London office.
Jamie represents financial sponsors and public and private companies in U.S. and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, including asset sales, stock sales, mergers, triangular mergers, joint ventures and similar business combinations. Jamie regularly acts as U.S. counsel in connection with multijurisdictional international transactions.
Jamie also represents issuers and underwriters in public offerings of securities in the U.S., including initial public offerings, secondary public offerings, tender offers, registered direct offerings and private investments in public equities (PIPEs). He advises U.S.-based and international companies and placement agents in private offerings of securities, including Rule 4(a)(2), Regulation D, Regulation S, and Rule 144A private placements. He advises publicly-traded companies on their periodic reporting and disclosure and regularly advises Boards of Directors and Committees on corporate governance matters and fiduciary obligations.
From 1999 to 2004, Jamie was general counsel and chief financial officer of a Nasdaq-listed telecommunications software company.
