Mintz announced today that it will be opening a Miami office in 2023. The office will be led by Jim Ball, who joined the firm as a Member of its Corporate Practice in the New York office, effective January 3.

Mintz’s new Miami office—its first in Florida and 7th in the U.S.—follows seven consecutive years of record-breaking revenue and profit, and furthers the firm’s growth in areas fueling innovation, including private equity, financial services, life sciences, health care, technology, and energy and sustainability. The firm intends to build the team in Miami with both the relocation of Mintz attorneys as well the addition of sophisticated, strategic laterals.

“We’ve had our eye on the Miami market for a while,” said Mintz Managing Member Bob Bodian. “Our presence in Miami will enhance our ability to serve many valued clients and forge new relationships as we establish a strong presence in this important and growing market.”

Mr. Bodian continued, “Jim is a very talented capital markets and corporate attorney with strong ties to Miami. He is a natural leader with an entrepreneurial spirit, making him the perfect choice to help Mintz expand into this market. We have received extremely positive input from clients and potential clients since the word got out informally that we were doing this, and I am very excited to see Mintz build in Miami.”

Mr. Ball focuses his practice on securities offerings, financings, corporate governance and restructuring matters. He represents both issuers and underwriters in domestic and international offerings of various types of securities, including initial public offerings, registered offerings, Rule 144A/Regulation S securities and high yield debt. Mr. Ball regularly advises boards of directors on corporate governance and other matters. His expertise also includes advising on leveraged buyouts, secured and unsecured lending, transportation finance, telecom and satellite finance, utility financings, project finance and acquisitions and joint ventures.

Mr. Ball has represented all major investment banks in various capital markets transactions, including Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Oppenheimer, Credit Suisse, Citigroup, Cowen, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, J.P. Morgan, Lazard, Scotiabank and UBS Group.  On the corporate side, some of his representations include U.S. Steel, Nabors Industries, ORBCOMM, Traveloka, Arrow Electronics, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation and the NYSE in corporate and finance matters.

Prior to joining Mintz, Mr. Ball was a partner in the Capital Markets Practice at Milbank LLP for more than 20 years. He has been recognized by The Legal 500 and New York Super Lawyers for his capital markets work and as a leading lawyer by the International Finance Law Review’s “IFLR 1000.”