Dougherty, James P.

Lawyer Overview

James Dougherty advises public and private companies on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, takeovers, takeover preparedness, joint ventures, and general corporate counseling matters. In the securities and commercial bank financing arenas, James has represented issuers, borrowers, underwriters, and administrative agents in private placements, IPOs, 144A offerings, and commercial lending transactions.

Representative M&A transactions include: Duchossois Industries' tender offer for AMX Corporation; MTC Technologies' merger with BAE Systems; multiple transactions for National City, including the sales of First Franklin to Merrill Lynch and National Processing to Bank of America; Nationwide Mutual's going private acquisition of Nationwide Financial Services; and multiple transactions for OM Group, including the sale of its nickel business to Norilsk and the acquisition of Rockwood's electronics business. James also represents New York-based investment banks in their capacity as financial advisors to acquirers and targets in public merger transactions.

Other companies with which James has worked on substantial matters include: Athersys, Cliffs Natural Resources, Developers Diversified, Diebold, Goldman Sachs, Harris Corporation, Jefferies, KeyBanc Capital Markets, Lincoln Electric, Olympic Steel, Park-Ohio, PolyOne, Resilience Capital Partners, Sherwin-Williams, J.M. Smucker, STERIS, and Timken.

Before joining Jones Day, James practiced with the law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, where he advised clients on numerous transactions, including the $7.8 billion acquisition of a U.S. pharmaceutical business, the $4.95 billion sale of a worldwide retail beauty care brand, and the sale of a U.S. food business for $1.75 billion.

Areas of Practice

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• M&A

Representative Cases

• American Greetings acquires Papyrus trademark and wholesale business , (2009)
• Cliffs Natural Resources defeats motion for temporary restraining order , (2009)
• Cliffs Natural Resources proposes to acquire Alpha Natural Resources for $10 billion , (2009)
• Diebold sell campus card systems business
• Diebold successfully defends against $2.2 billion hostile bid by United Technologies Corp. , (2009)
• Duchossois Industries acquires AMX for $288
• Goldman Sachs acts as financial advisor to FTD Group, Inc. in its acquisition by United Online, Inc.
• Harris Corp acquires Encoda Systems for $340 million
• Harris Corporation acquires Tyco Electronics Wireless Systems , (2009)
• Igeneon AG acquired by Aphton
• Jefferies acts as financial advisor to Claymont Steel in acquisition by Evraz Group S.A. and Titan Acquisition Sub, Inc. , (2009)
• KeyBanc Capital Markets acts as counsel to Oregon Steel Mills in its $2.3 billion acquisition by Evraz Group S.A.
• KeyBanc serves as financial advisor in Myers Industries acquisition
• MTC Technologies is acquired by BAE Systems , (2009)
• National City Corp sells First Franklin for $1.3 billion to Merrill Lynch & Co.
• National City sells National Processing to Bank of America
• Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. acquires Nationwide Financial Services for $2.4 billion
• OM Group acquires EaglePicher Technologies from EaglePicher Corporation for $171.9 million , (2009)
• OM Group acquires electronics business of Rockwood Holdings for $315 million , (2009)
• OM Group sells nickel assets to OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel for $408 million
• PolyOne acquires GLS , (2009)
• PolyOne sells interest in Oxy Vinyls to Occidental Chemical Corp , (2009)
• Sky Financial Group acquires Union Federal Bank for $330 million , (2009)
• Timken acquires EXTEX , (2008)
• Timken Company acquires Bearing Inspection , (2009)
• Timken company acquires The Purdy Corp. , (2009)
• Timken sells Latrobe Steel , (2009)
• Timken signs agreement to sell needle roller bearings business to JTEKT , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations

Bar Admissions

• New York
• Ohio

Education

• SU of New York- Geneseo
• U of California - Los Angeles

Published Works

• Merger Agreement Representations Take on a Life of Their Own, 2005

Address

North Point
901 Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114-1190

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1.216.586.7302 (Business Phone)

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