Overview
Jim Curley is a partner in the Private Equity practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s Boston office.
He represents private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, as well as early and later-stage growth companies, in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and general corporate matters across a range of industries including education, healthcare, manufacturing, retail and technology. Jim’s practice focuses particularly on advising private equity sponsors in middle- to upper-middle-market leveraged buyouts.
Prior to joining Paul Hastings, Jim was as partner at an AmLaw 100 firm where he served on several firm-wide committees. Jim also has served as general counsel and a member of the senior management team at Sterling Autobody. In that role, he was instrumental in helping the company grow from infancy to a business generating over $100 million in revenue, with more than 750 employees and 36 locations across eight states. He later led the legal work on Sterling’s sale to Allstate Insurance.
Jim’s representative private equity clients include Charlesbank Capital Partners, Leeds Equity Partners, Nonantum Capital Partners and SFW Capital.
Accolades
- Chambers USA, Private Equity: Buyouts
- IFLR 1000, Notable Practitioner, Massachusetts/United States
- Best Lawyers in America, Lawyer of the Year, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
- Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
Education
- Boston University School of Law, J.D. (magna cum laude; Distinguished Scholar, Boston University Law Review editor), 1996
- Brandeis University, B.A. (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa), 1993
Representations
- Charlesbank Capital Partners in numerous investment transactions, including Animal Health, ARS (American Residential Services), DEI Holdings/Sound United, Ensono, Galls, Hearthside Food Solutions, Mastercraft Boat Company, MB2 Dental, MDVIP, Neptw-1e Brands, OneStopPlus/Full Beauty, Peacock Engineering, PolyConcept, SightPath Medical, Tecomet, TLC Vision, Varsity Brands, Vestcom, WolfPAK Energy and Worldstrides.
- Leeds Equity Partners in numerous investment transactions, including BarBri, Campus Management, Covenant Review, Education Management Corp., EduK, eInstruction, Endeavor Schools, Ex Libris, Florida National College, Fusion Education, INTO University Partnerships, Knowledge Factor, Nobel Learning, Project Management Academy, Prosci and Seaton Corp.
- Nonantum Capital Partners in the acquisitions of ProVest Services and Ross-Simons.
- PARC Partners in the sale of Transifex to Kl Investment Partners.
- ProVest in the sale to a360inc.
- SFW Capital in general matters and the potential sale of one of its portfolio companies.
Matters may have been completed before joining Paul Hastings.