Jim Jenkins joined the firm in 1994 and serves as Chair of the Healthcare Practice and is a Member in the Corporate and Securities Practice. His practice includes public equity and debt offerings, private placements of securities, mergers and acquisitions of both public and private acquirors and targets and strategic relationships, such as joint ventures and corporate partnerships. Jim assists clients in the acquisition and disposition of hospitals, surgery centers, managed care plans and physician group practices, structures syndications and joint ventures, and provides advice on operational matters. He also counsels clients on a variety of other corporate and securities matters, including corporate governance.
Representative transactions include the following:
Public Securities Transactions
- Represented a NYSE-listed managed care company in its initial public offering of 21,620,000 shares of common stock and its public offering of 11,600,000 shares of common stock
- Represented an owner and operator of hospitals in its $100.0 million offering of senior subordinated notes
- Represented a NYSE-listed senior living company in its exchange of outstanding convertible subordinated debentures for a combination of newly issued senior subordinated notes and convertible subordinated notes
- Represented a NYSE-listed managed care company in its public offering of 8,050,000 shares of common stock and its offering of $175.0 million of senior notes
- Represented a NYSE-listed senior living company in its initial public offering of 3,593,750 shares of common stock and its public offerings of $138.0 million of convertible subordinated debentures and 4,500,000 shares of common stock
Merger and Acquisition Transactions
- Representing a NYSE-listed managed care company in its $3.8 billing strategic merger transaction
- Represented a NASDAQ-listed operator of outpatient surgical facilities in over 125 acquisitions and joint ventures
- Represented a privately-held hospital company in the acquisition of two acute care hospitals
- Represented a NYSE-listed managed care company in its $545 million acquisition of a privately-held managed care plan
- Represented a NYSE-listed managed care company in its $405 million acquisition of a privately-held managed care plan
- Represented a privately-held managed care company in a $435 million recapitalization transaction
- Represented a NYSE-listed senior living company in its approximately $200 million acquisition of a privately-held senior living company
- Represents healthcare providers and managed care organizations in acquisitions and structuring joint ventures, including transactions involving surgery centers, hospitals, medical clinics and commercial and government sponsored health plans
A native of Dallas, Texas, Jim graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1991 with a B.A. in political science. He received his law degree, with honors, from the Southern Methodist University School of Law in 1994. At SMU, Jim was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as research editor of the SMU Law Review Association.
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