Christopher James

Email: cjames@jameslawgroup.com
Phone: 503.294.8585

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Practice Areas

Business and Corporate Formation
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Family Succession Planning
Fiduciary Duty
Litigation - Business
Mergers and Acquisitions
Real Estate and Development

 

Education

J.D., University of Oregon School of Law, 1974
B.S. University of Oregon, 1970

Christopher James has enjoyed a commercial business transaction and litigation practice since 1974. In the last ten years, his transaction practice has focused on mergers and acquisitions, strategic combinations and recapitalizations.

 

Mergers & Aquisitions Experience

The James Law Group has been general counsel to multiple business that grew from a few employees to national scale over five years,  including: a national restaurant group; the nation's largest regional technology trade show producer;  a leading  the leading  Northwest largest beverage distributor; a leading regional information technology consulting group; the Northwest's largest utility equipment manufacturer; and its largest wallboard supplier.

The James Law Group has extensive merger and acquisition experience. They successfully sold many of the companies they counseled from formation.

The James Law Group works on behalf of business owners focused on the creation of value, long before exit transactions were considered.  The value creation founded the building of brands and development  of intellectual property.  At the time of such exit transactions  those owners achieved extraordinary valuations compared to their peers.

 

Publications and Presentations

Oregon State University Austin Family Business Conference, Featured Speaker, "Business Valuations"

 

Memberships and Affiliations

Oregon State Bar, member, 1974
U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, 1974
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1983
Oregon State Bar Unlawful Practice of Law Committee, member and chairman
Oregon State Bar Future of the Legal Profession Committee, member
Board of Directors, Oregon Psychoanalytic Center
Board of Directors, Family Foundation
President and Trustee, Delta Sigma Housing Corporation and Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, University of Oregon, 1995-1999