James J. (Jim) Canfield Email and Phone Number

Expertise: Experience in the areas of commercial/corporate and finance law, handling a wide array of transactional matters throughout the United States; mergers and acquisitions (both equity and asset based), project development and a variety of lending transactions from both the commercial lenders' and borrowers' perspective; substantial expertise in M&A and financing transactions involving renewable energy companies including hydro-electric and solar; and general commercial/contract matters. Representative Clients/Matters: Business clients, ranging from sole proprietorships to publicly-held multinational corporations.Member of the Board of Editors of 9 vol. White New York Business Entities.Chair of Firm corporate practice area.Selected honors include The Best Lawyers in America®: Corporate Law, 2013-2020 and Syracuse Lawyer of the Year, Corporate Law, 2015 and 2020; and Chambers USA, Upstate New York: Corporate/M&A, 2015-2020.Representative experience: •Represents a major developer, owner and operator of hydroelectric facilities in conjunction with acquisitions throughout the United States including several hydroelectric facilities located on Kennebec River in Maine as well as facilities in Oregon, California, Michigan, Virginia, Massachusetts, etc.•Represented a NYC-based developers, owners and operators of nursing homes and post-acute health care facilities in conjunction with numerous acquisitions in the NY metro area and Upstate New York.•Represents venture-capital firm regarding acquisition throughout the Northeast and financing, including traditional borrowing and subordinate positions, supporting a natural-food holding company and its operating subsidiaries.•Represents portfolio companies owned and managed by venture capital investors that create and implement cutting-edge intellectual property platforms into successful technology-based businesses.•Represents a large developer in project-specific acquisitions and financing matters, including construction, permanent and historic tax-credit financing and commercial lease negotiations.•Represented a leading national distributor of branded consumer electronic goods to address succession issues through the granting of profits interest and in refinancing with lender group.•Represented a Spanish renewable energy investor regarding the restructure of its investments in US facilities. •Represented principals in $100 million sale of a majority interest in a wholesale optical labs.*Represent low income and historic tax credit developers.