JAMES BARRON

Jim Barron is a Managing Director. Mr. Barron has provided counsel in a variety of complex crisis and financial situations, including M&A, litigation support, proxy fights, defense and takeover situations, IPOs, corporate governance issues and executive changes. He has also advised on a number of long-term corporate positioning programs.

Prior to joining the firm in 2000, Mr. Barron was Director of Corporate Relations for British Telecom in North America where he was responsible for all of BT’s U.S. based corporate communications including public relations, advertising and relationship marketing. Following his arrival in the U.S. from the U.K. in 1992, Mr. Barron managed corporate relations during BT’s acquisition of 20% of MCI and the subsequent attempt to merge the two companies. Subsequent to that, Mr. Barron managed BT’s communications through the company’s global alliance with AT&T and the creations of a global communications joint venture, Concert.

In the UK, Mr. Barron held a number of agency and in-house PR positions in the telecommunications and broadcasting sectors. Mr. Barron has a B.A. degree with honors from Liverpool University in England and a certificate in strategic marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

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