Founding Partner

Widely recognized as one of the country’s leading M&A counselors and has advised on transactions with an aggregate value in excess of $1.5 Trillion.

Jim Woolery is a seasoned advisor and principal, renowned for his involvement in major legal, financial, media and activist contests over the past two decades. Notably, as a senior partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, he played a key role in significant mergers & acquisitions, including the record-breaking TXU leveraged buyout. His expertise extends to many successful shareholder activism bids and defense, injunctions and various strategic advisories, representing clients such as Xerox, Dell, and AT&T among several others, in their most complex and high-stakes matters. His leadership during his time at J.P. Morgan & Co and as a hedge fund co-founder underscores his proficiency in market-shaping transactions and innovative M&A strategies. He has leveraged these powerful, multidisciplinary experiences into an outstanding record of success at Woolery & Co PLLC.