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James M. Cain

Of Counsel

Jamie has more than three decades of experience.

He has guided insurers, banks, securities and commodities firms, and funds through significant transactions that transform their businesses, including public and private securities offerings and mergers and acquisitions. Jamie regularly works with US and foreign companies to interpret and comply with the myriad of securities, commodities, insurance and banking laws that apply to these transactions. A frequent speaker at industry conferences, Jamie is recognized for his knowledge of the Dodd-Frank Act and the regulation and use of derivatives, including those instruments used for interest rate, foreign exchange, commodity, credit default and equity transactions and related collateral arrangements. He represents a wide range of global clients, typically on the buy side, including major public companies, financial institutions, public and private funds, government sponsored enterprises and foreign governments. He advises these clients on documentation of those transactions and on internal and regulatory compliance, investigations, enforcement actions and other disputes, including those arising from close out and valuation in the context of counterparty insolvency proceedings. Jamie is an active participant in industry working groups focusing on the regulatory and documentation issues relating to the transition away from the use of LIBOR. He currently advises banks, asset managers, insurers and broker dealers in connection with their transition as issuers, investors and counterparties from the use of LIBOR as a reference rate in derivatives, debt securities, securitizations, loan agreements and other investment products. Jamie also advises insurers, banks and broker-dealers in connection with cross-industry acquisitions and in the distribution of their respective products both domestically and internationally.
  • SOFR Loans: The Future Is Now, August 16, 2022
  • Blockchain Use-Cases for Financial Institutions, September 29, 2020
  • Issues raised by the COVID-19 pandemic for the derivatives market, March 31, 2020
  • LIBOR considerations for lenders and borrowers, including BDCs and private credit funds, November 19, 2019
  • ARRC Reference Rate Replacement Recommendations and ISDA LIBOR Amendments: Who needs them? August 16, 2019
  • ISDA Symposium® ISDA Benchmarks Supplement, March 5, 2019
  • The departure of LIBOR, November 6, 2018, ACLI Senior Investment Managers Seminar (SIMS)
  • Seeing the bigger picture: The problematic departure of LIBOR, July 18, 2018, DC Bar “Off the Record” luncheon program
  • Recognized as a Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer (2022-2023), an independent, client-driven recognition
  • Named to The Best Lawyers in America in the area of derivatives and futures law (2006-2024)
  • Recognized by Chambers USA: Guide to Leading Business Lawyers in the area of capital markets: derivatives (2019-2023)
  • Recognized by Chambers Global: World’s Leading Lawyers in the area of capital markets: derivatives (2021-2024)
  • Recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the area of structured finance: derivatives and structured products (2020-2022)
  • Recognized as a stand-out lawyer by Acritas Stars: Independently Rated Lawyers (2018-2020)
  • Member, Banking Law Committee and Derivatives and Futures Law Committee, Business Law Section, American Bar Association
  • Member, Law and Compliance Division, Futures Industry Association
  • Member, American College of Investment Counsel
  • Member, Various ISDA Committees
  • Member, Board of Directors, The Global Fund for Children
  • Past-Co-Chair, Advisory Board, Georgetown Corporate Counsel Institute
  • California
  • District of Columbia
  • Nevada
  • Honorable Edward C. Reed of the U.S. District Court
  • J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
  • A.B., University of Notre Dame
James Cain

Of Counsel

James Cain

Of Counsel

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