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James  H.  Cheek, III
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Nashville
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F:(615) 742-2723
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Education
Harvard University - LL.M., 1968
Vanderbilt University - J.D., 1967
Duke University - B.A., 1964

Bar Admissions
Tennessee, 1967

Memberships
Nashville and Tennessee Bar Associations 
American Bar Association (Co-chair, Coordinating Task Force on Financial Markets and Institutions, Business Law Section; Co-chair, Delaware Business Law Forum; Chair, National Task Force on Corporate Responsibility, 2002-2003; Chair, Section of Business Law, 1998-1999; Chairman, Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities, 1987-1991)
American Law Institute
Board of Advisors, Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society

Honors & Distinctions
Chairman, Legal Advisory Committee, New York Stock Exchange, 1989-1992
Chairman, Legal Advisory Board, National Association of Securities Dealers, 1996-1998
Chairman, San Diego Securities Institute, 2001—2004
Listed in: Best Lawyers® (2011 Nashville Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Lawyer of the Year; 2009 and 2010 Nashville Best Corporate Lawyer); Chambers USA;The Legal 500; Lawdragon 500; Lawdragon 3000 Leading Lawyers in America; Lawdragon 500 Dealmakers; Who's Who Legal; International Who's Who of Corporate Governance Lawyers; International Who's Who of Capital Markets Lawyers;International Who's Who of Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyers; Nashville Business Journal's "Best of the Bar;" Mid-South Super Lawyers; Top 100 Tennessee Mid-South Super Lawyers 2011; Nashville Post "Nashville's 101 Top Lawyers" 2011; Nashville Post "In Charge" 2012 
 



Jim’s practice focuses primarily on advising clients in the areas of corporation finance, corporate governance, mergers, acquisitions, private equity and securities offerings. He also has an active regulatory practice, serving as an independent consultant and monitor for companies in need of an independent review of regulatory policies and procedures.

Jim represents a number of public and private companies as well as investment banking firms in a wide variety of capital raising and merger and acquisition activities. He also acts as counsel for boards of directors and board committees on matters relating to corporate governance and corporate legal compliance.

Representative Experience:
  • Representation of regional and national investment banking firms in various equity and debt public offerings and merger and acquisition transactions.
  • Representation of special committees of boards of directors of public companies in going private, internal investigation and derivative litigation matters.
  • Representation of public companies in successful joint ventures, spin offs and other complex corporate reorganization matters. Representation of numerous private companies in merger and acquisition and financing transactions.
  • Counsel for the independent directors of mutual funds.
  • Serves as the Regulatory Auditor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Jim is an adjunct professor of law at Vanderbilt University Law School where he teaches a course in current trends in mergers and acquisitions. He has been a member of the faculty of law at Jesus College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, where he taught a course on Advanced Company Law and Securities Regulation. Jim has also been chairman of the Nashville Metropolitan Airport Authority Board since 2003.