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Jimmy Holland focuses on private equity, finance, banking, technology, and corporate and securities law. He represents private equity funds and investors, lenders, and developers in a broad variety of debt, equity, development, and restructuring transactions. Mr. Holland has been the general counsel for public and private banking institutions and technology companies,and regularly counsels executive management and boards of directors on legal and governance matters. He has also represented corporate and public issuers and underwriters in public, private, and tax-exempt financings, securitizations, and other transactions totaling over $65 billion. Education J.D., Vanderbilt University Law School, 1975 Associate Editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review Law Review Award Phi Kappa Phi M.A., summa cum laude, Louisiana State University, 1972 B.S., magna cum laude, Louisiana State University, 1970 National Merit Scholar Bar Admissions Louisiana, 2002 Texas, 1988 Arkansas, 1975 Representative Experience Successful restructuring of a $200-million (assets) family-controlled group of financial and real estate businesses (117 affiliates), including SEC/Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, and drafting and implementation of comprehensive settlement agreement among third-generation owners resolving 15 years of disputes and litigation, including partnership/corporate structuring, tax structuring, and lender/broker-dealer relationships. Organization and representation of startups and venture capital investors, including numerous rounds of debt and equity financing, workouts, and monetization. Representation of the State of Louisiana, Louisiana State University, and City of Baton Rouge in creating and financing Louisiana Technology Park (www.latechpark.com), the first Tier 1 Internet center/business incubator in the Gulf South, with strategic partners Oracle, Cisco, and EMC. General Counsel for Teletech Holdings, Inc. (Denver), a public technology company specializing in customer relations management for Fortune 100 companies, and having operations from Eastern Europe to Australia, with annual revenues exceeding $1-billion (25,000 employees). General Counsel for $25-billion California thrift, overseeing all aspects of corporate governance, regulatory compliance, financings, environmental risk management, and operations (10,000 employees). General Counsel for $22-billion liquidator of distressed financial assets, the largest ever created by the FDIC and private investors, overseeing operations, sales, and management of troubled assets. Representation of private investors in acquisition (out of bankruptcy), turnaround and profitable sale of international insurance company with 300+ subsidiaries in 50 states and 17 foreign countries. Bond and underwriter’s counsel in hundreds of tax-exempt bond financings and securitizations for states and state agencies, cities, counties, health care systems, colleges and universities, airports, single- and multi-family housing, utility districts, and industrial development. Professional History Senior Counsel in the law firm of Locke Liddell & Sapp Senior Counsel with Jones Walker (Baton Rouge and New Orleans, La.), 2000-2004 Executive Vice President and General Counsel, TeleTech Holdings, Inc. (Denver): 1997-2000 Executive Vice President and General Counsel, American Savings Bank (Irvine, Calif.): 1991-1997 Executive Vice President and General Counsel, American Real Estate Group/New West Savings & Loan (Irvine, Calif.): 1989-1991 Partner, Kelly Hart & Hallman (Fort Worth, Texas): 1985-1989 Partner, Hutchison Price (merged with Vinson & Elkins, Dallas): 1982-1985 Associate and Partner, Friday Eldredge & Clark (Little Rock, Ark.): 1976-1982 Law Clerk, Chief Justice Carleton Harris, Supreme Court of Arkansas: 1975-1976 Community Leadership Member, Salvation Army Advisory Board Member, Mental Health Council Board of Directors Member and General Counsel, Chamber of Commerce Technology Development Task Force Member, Regional Cancer Center Development Board Member, Episcopal Church of the Incarnation. |
