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James R. Stuart, III

Senior Counsel

Overview

For over 30 years, Jim Stuart has led and closed complex corporate transactions for aerospace, defense, and other government contractors; health care companies; technology firms; private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies; and other businesses. These clients have turned to Jim for legal, structuring, and strategic advice as well as for his negotiating skills and his experience in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, equity and debt financings, intellectual property licensing arrangements, and complex commercial agreements.

As an integral part of Jim’s practice in the defense, government contracting, and health care industries, he teams with highly experienced members of the firm’s Government Contracts and Health Care groups. Within the health care space, Jim represents payers, providers, consultants, and other industry players, and has particularly deep knowledge of outsourcing agreements, M&A transactions, and joint ventures involving pharmacy benefit managers. In the government contracts arena, he has worked with U.S. and foreign aerospace, defense, IT, and other contractors in a wide array of buy- and sell-side mergers and acquisitions, spinoffs, divestitures, joint ventures, and teaming agreements.

Jim also has extensive experience negotiating and drafting a broad range of commercial and corporate contracts, including IP licensing; development and collaboration agreements; management agreements; supply, distribution, and manufacturing agreements; shareholder and LLC operating agreements; teaming, partnership, and strategic alliance agreements; and outsourcing agreements.

Jim served as the chair or co-chair of the firm’s Corporate Group for over 15 years as well as multiple terms on Crowell’s Management Board and Executive Committee.

Jim has been recognized by clients and peers as a top lawyer in Chambers USA in the areas of Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions.

Career & Education

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    • Carnegie-Mellon University, B.S., 1983
    • Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1986
    • Carnegie-Mellon University, B.S., 1983
    • Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1986
    • District of Columbia
    • District of Columbia

James's Insights

Firm News | 10 min read | 06.01.23

Crowell Achieves Top National Rankings in Chambers USA 2023

Washington – June 1, 2023: Crowell & Moring earned 82 rankings for 68 lawyers across 48 categories, as well as 37 national and statewide practice area rankings, in the Chambers USA 2023 guide. The rankings are driven by independent interviews of clients and lawyers at peer firms....

Representative Matters

  • $480 million merger acquisition of a NASDAQ-listed government IT contractor by a foreign NYSE-listed company.
  • $440 million stock acquisition of a health management company by a NYSE-listed insurance company.
  • $90 million stock acquisition of a technology-focused, defense and intelligence contractor.
  • $165 million merger acquisition of a medical diagnostic company by a NASDAQ corporation.
  • Joint venture establishing a high-volume specialty pharmacy business between two NYSE-listed corporations.
  • $82 million merger acquisition of a defense and government services contractor.
  • $70 million asset sale of a munitions and defense countermeasures manufacturing business.
  • $40 million stock sale of a government training and simulations company to a NYSE corporation.
  • Acquisition of a mail pharmacy business and related joint venture between two NYSE corporations.
  • $50 million asset sale of telecommunications firm to a NYSE corporation.
  • $20 million merger of a silicones manufacturer with a subsidiary of a NYSE corporation.
  • $17 million tax-free stock-for-asset acquisition of a news database company to a NASDAQ corporation.
  • $11 million asset sale by non-profit trade association in the health-care industry to NYSE corporation.
  • $28 million merger acquisition of a software development business by a B2B e-commerce internet company.
  • $24 million asset sale by non-profit trade association in the entertainment industry.
  • $25 million stock acquisition and joint venture by a NYSE corporation with a foreign fruit distribution company.

In addition, Mr. Stuart's financing experience includes the following:

  • $1.8 billion structured financing involving the liquidation of an international bank.
  • $50 million revolving credit facility by a major U.S. bank to a publicly traded real estate investment trust.
  • $38 million secured term and revolving loan facility by a major U.S. bank to a non-profit corporation.
  • $100 million private placement of preferred stock by an undersea, fiber optics company.
  • $14 million acquisition by publicly-traded, UK corporation of a minority interest in a medical device company.
  • $15 million preferred stock private placement by a B2B e-commerce and software business.
  • $7 million preferred stock private placement by an Israeli bio-tech company.
  • $7 million common stock and convertible debt private placement by health insurance underwriter and reinsurance company.
  • $10 million private placement by a high-speed cargo ship company to public and private investors.

James's Insights

Firm News | 10 min read | 06.01.23

Crowell Achieves Top National Rankings in Chambers USA 2023

Washington – June 1, 2023: Crowell & Moring earned 82 rankings for 68 lawyers across 48 categories, as well as 37 national and statewide practice area rankings, in the Chambers USA 2023 guide. The rankings are driven by independent interviews of clients and lawyers at peer firms....