Bio

James Stuart is a partner in Crowell & Moring's Corporate Group. Over the past 30 years, Jim has concentrated his practice on mergers, stock and asset acquisitions, joint ventures, and debt and equity financing transactions, including private placements, venture capital investments and secured credit facilities. He also has extensive experience negotiating and drafting a wide range of commercial and corporate contracts, including technology licensing, development and collaboration agreements, large scale IT hardware and software procurement agreements, management agreements, supply, distribution and manufacturing agreements, shareholder and LLC operating agreements, teaming, partnership and alliance agreements, and system integration and outsourcing arrangements. Jim has represented public companies listed on the NYSE and NASDAQ, defense and government contractors, insurers, providers and other healthcare businesses, foreign governments, software, internet, and other "high tech" concerns, pharmaceutical and bio-tech companies, television stations, law and consulting firms, non-profit trade and professional associations and start-up and emerging businesses. Jim's practice has spanned across a wide range of business sectors, and he has particularly deep experience in the defense, government contracting, healthcare and telecommunications industries.