James Gorton is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins and is a member of the Corporate Department. He specializes in private equity and mergers and acquisitions transactions, with a particular emphasis on advising private equity firms and companies making investments in the telecommunications sector. He has also represented many banks, financial institutions and companies in a wide range of US and international project and infrastructure financings, including buildouts and financings of a number of telecommunications systems, energy facilities, securitization and lease financing transactions and specialized trade financings.
Before joining Latham, Mr. Gorton was an Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Global Crossing Limited from its inception as a public company through 2001. He was responsible for structuring Global Crossing's contractual relationships with customers, vendors and financing parties which became the standard in the independent subsea telecommunications industry. He was also responsible for the legal and regulatory work in connection with the buildout of Global Crossing's telecommunications network in Europe, North America, Central and South America and Asia.
Mr. Gorton is a member of the New York Bar.