Lawyer Overview

Jim Burke is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. He joined the firm in 1991. Mr. Burke is a member of the Corporate Education, Capital Markets, and Software and Telecommunications Committees. He also oversees the firm's Rule 144 (resale of restricted securities) opinion practice and has spoken and written on Massachusetts corporation law.

Practice

Mr. Burke has worked with a number of public and private clients, including several high-technology companies. He has also represented several investment banks in connection with public offerings of stock, as well as venture capital firms in connection with their portfolio investments. Mr. Burke has been involved in various transactions in the corporate and securities field, including numerous mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, initial public offerings (as both issuer's and underwriter's counsel), follow-on public offerings, Rule 144A transactions, tender offers and private placements.

Recent Highlights

• Representation of SS&C Technologies, Inc. in its "going private" transaction
• Representation of Watts Water Technologies, Inc. in its November 2006 public offering
• Representation of Watts Water Technologies, Inc. in its acquisitions of Topway Global Inc., Calflex Manufacturing, Inc., Core Industries Inc. and Dormont Manufacturing Company
• Representation of Eidetics in its sale to Quintiles Transnational Corp.
• Representation of IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. in its acquisition of the Critical Care Diagnostics business of Osmetech plc
• Representation of SS&C Technologies, Inc. in its acquisition of Financial Models Company, a publicly traded Canadian corporation
• Representation of SS&C Technologies, Inc. in its acquisitions of the businesses of Micro Design Services, LLC and Evare, LLC
• Representation of PepsiCo, Inc. in its acquisition of Stacy's Pita Chip Company, Incorporated
• Corporate governance counsel to Vonage Holdings Corp.
• Special Massachusetts counsel to adidas-Salomon AG in its acquisition of Reebok International Ltd.

Professional Activities

Mr. Burke is a member of the American Bar Association and its Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities as well as the Boston and Massachusetts Bar Associations. Mr. Burke is also a trustee of the Boston Classical Orchestra.

Honors and Recognitions

• Selected by peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2008, 2009 and 2010 in the area of corporate law

Recent Speaking Engagements

MCLE – "Panel on Drafting Documents Under the New Chapter 156D" – May and June 2004

Publications

• Co-author with Mark G. Borden, "Chapter 10 – Amendment of Articles of Organization and Bylaws," Massachusetts Corporation Law & Practice
• Co-author with Mark G. Borden, "Chapter 12A – Sale of Assets," Massachusetts Corporation Law & Practice
• Contributing author to MCLE's "Drafting Documents Under the New Chapter 156D: The New Massachusetts Business Corporation Law: Practical Drafting Advice and Sample Documents" (May 2004).
• "Going Public After Sarbanes-Oxley," Pulse of Technology: A Quarterly Analysis For N.E. Decision-Makers in the Innovation Sector (May 2004).

Areas of Practice

• Corporate
• Information Technology
• Internet, E-Commerce and New Media
• Professional Services
• Telecommunications
• Corporate and Transactional

West Practice Categories

International Telecommunications, Joint Ventures, Public Finance, Telecommunications, Venture Capital, Wireless Communications

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts

Education

• Harvard Law School, 1991
  JD
  Honors: cum laude
• Princeton University, 1988
  AB
  Honors: summa cum laude

Published Works

• SEC Approves Elimination of Broker Discretionary Voting in Uncontested Elections of Directors, 2009
• SEC Clarifies Guidance on Rule 144 Resales of Restricted Securities Following Partnership Distributions, 2009
• Corporate Advisor, 2002

Address

60 State Street
Boston, MA 02109

Phones

+1 617 526 6062 (Business Phone)

Faxes

+1 617 526 5000 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.wilmerhale.com