James Langston

Practice Areas

James E. Langston’s practice focuses on public and private merger and acquisition transactions, and friendly and hostile M&A, corporate governance, and contested situations.

He has significant experience in both cross-border and domestic transactions, including conflict transactions, mergers-of-equals, LBOs, joint ventures, and carve-out transactions. Additionally, he frequently represents companies and their board of directors on takeover defense and shareholder activism situations.

Career

Jim joined Cleary in 2011 and became a partner in 2015. J.D., University of North Carolina School of Law (2005); B.A., University of North Carolina (2001).

Professional Memberships

Jim is a member of Law360’s 2020 M&A Editorial Advisory Board. He is also a member of the New York City Bar Committee on Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Control Contests. He is also a member of the Society for Corporate Governance.

Publications

The SECs Proposed Changes to Beneficial Ownership Reporting Implications for Market Participants, Cleary Gottlieb Alert Memorandum (March 15, 2022); republished by The Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog (March 17, 2022)

7 Top M&A Lawyers Share Their Predictions for 2022, Including a Crush of Deals in Tech, Healthcare, and Private Equity, Business Insider (December 30, 2021)

Drinks With The Deal: Cleary Gottlieb’s Jim Langston, The Deal (August 5, 2021)