Jim Jenkins joined Bass, Berry & Sims in 1994 and is a Member in the firm's Corporate and Securities and Healthcare Practice Areas. Jim's 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. He also counsels clients on a variety of other corporate and securities matters, including corporate governance, public company disclosure, Section 16 issues, insider trading and defensive measures. For healthcare clients, Jim assists in the acquisition and disposition of hospitals, surgery centers and managed care plans, structures syndications and joint ventures, and provides advice on operational matters.
Representative securities, corporate and healthcare 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
- 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
- Represented an 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 an NYSE-listed senior living company in its approximately $200 million acquisition of a privately-held senior living company
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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