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James (Jim) Barresi leads Squire Patton Boggs’ Global Financial Services Practice. He advises clients on strategic matters such as, mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures; capital planning and transactions; complex investments; and related regulatory and governance issues. Illustrative clients include commercial and investment banks, specialty finance and financial technology companies, asset managers, and institutional investors in the financial sector, including private equity and hedge funds.

Jim has successfully advised clients on scores of public and private mergers, acquisitions and dispositions and in securities offerings with an aggregate value of more than $200 billion.

Previously, Jim served as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of one of the largest and most acquisitive financial holding companies in the US, where he was responsible for all legal support for M&A and capital planning and transactions, among other things, and served on the board of several subsidiaries.


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James Barresi

Partner
Squire Patton Boggs
Cincinnati

Practice Area: Financial Services

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ALL-STAR BIOGRAPHY

James (Jim) Barresi leads Squire Patton Boggs’ Global Financial Services Practice. He advises clients on strategic matters such as, mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures; capital planning and transactions; complex investments; and related regulatory and governance issues. Illustrative clients include commercial and investment banks, specialty finance and financial technology companies, asset managers, and institutional investors in the financial sector, including private equity and hedge funds.

Jim has successfully advised clients on scores of public and private mergers, acquisitions and dispositions and in securities offerings with an aggregate value of more than $200 billion.

Previously, Jim served as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of one of the largest and most acquisitive financial holding companies in the US, where he was responsible for all legal support for M&A and capital planning and transactions, among other things, and served on the board of several subsidiaries.

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+1-513-361-1260

James Barresi

Partner
Squire Patton Boggs
Cincinnati

Practice Area: Financial Services

M&A All-Star

ALL-STAR BIOGRAPHY

James (Jim) Barresi leads Squire Patton Boggs’ Global Financial Services Practice. He advises clients on strategic matters such as, mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures; capital planning and transactions; complex investments; and related regulatory and governance issues. Illustrative clients include commercial and investment banks, specialty finance and financial technology companies, asset managers, and institutional investors in the financial sector, including private equity and hedge funds.

Jim has successfully advised clients on scores of public and private mergers, acquisitions and dispositions and in securities offerings with an aggregate value of more than $200 billion.

Previously, Jim served as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of one of the largest and most acquisitive financial holding companies in the US, where he was responsible for all legal support for M&A and capital planning and transactions, among other things, and served on the board of several subsidiaries.

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