James M. Cain


Partner
Washington, P: 202.383.0180
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Jamie Cain, a member of Sutherland’s Corporate Practice Group, is well-versed in general corporate law and in the interpretation and application of federal securities and banking laws and state insurance laws. He also is a member of the firm’s Sarbanes-Oxley Committee and reviews responses to auditors. Actively involved in the firm’s transactional practice, Jamie has extensive experience with public and private securities offerings by U.S. and foreign companies and with mergers and acquisitions of these companies. He is nationally known for his experience with respect to the use of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives including interest rate, foreign exchange, equity and commodity transactions, and related collateral arrangements. Since 1985, he has represented a wide range of financial institutions and commercial companies in documenting such transactions, as well as internal and regulatory compliance.

Jamie also is recognized for his experience advising insurers, banks and broker-dealers in connection with cross-industry acquisitions and in the distribution of their respective products both domestically and internationally. He routinely advises such institutions with respect to compliance with the myriad of federal and state laws applicable to such transactions.

Before joining the firm, Jamie practiced for two years in San Francisco after spending two years as a foreign legal consultant with a large law firm in Seoul, South Korea. Prior to that assignment, Jamie served as a law clerk to the Honorable Edward C. Reed of the U.S. District Court and an appellate attorney with the Washoe County District Attorney’s office in Reno, Nevada.
Education

J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1979

A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1976

Bar Admissions

California, District of Columbia, Nevada