Duane Morris & Selvam LLP

Corporate

Director

Areas of Practice:

• Securities Law
• International Capital Markets
• Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions Transactions
• Corporate Law
• Commercial Law
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

Jamie A. Benson is the head of Duane Morris & Selvam's U.S. Capital Markets, U.S. Venture Capital and India Practices. He has more than 25 years of experience and has advised on more than 100 securities offerings throughout the world with total proceeds of approximately US$25 billion. Jamie is one of the leading international legal counsel advising on securities offerings by Indian issuers, having worked on more than 80 offerings by Indian issuers in the last 18 years, including Life Insurance Corporation of India’s IPO, which is the largest ever Indian IPO. He is currently based in Singapore and has previously worked in New York, Sydney and London.

Jamie's experience includes advising on: equity offerings (public offerings and private placements); high-yield, convertible and investment-grade bond offerings; debt private placements; SEC-registered equity and debt offerings; mergers and acquisitions of both U.S. and non-U.S. public companies; going private transactions; SEC reporting obligations; compliance with U.S. broker-dealer laws; general corporate and commercial law matters; and FCPA matters. Jamie has a wide range of industry experience, including working on deals involving companies in the following industries: aviation; banking; beer and wine; business process outsourcing; cable television; construction; electricity transmission and distribution; film production; gambling; healthcare, infrastructure; jewelry; insurance; mining; non-banking financial companies (NBFCs); oil and gas; print media; property; telecommunications; television broadcasting; and toll roads.

Jamie has represented almost every major international and Indian investment bank.

Jamie is ranked in Chambers Asia-Pacific for Capital Markets (International Firms) – India 2020-2024, Capital Markets International - Singapore, 2021-2024 and in Chambers Global for Capital Markets (Foreign Expertise in India) – Singapore 2022-2023 . The 2024 edition clients’ testimonials state “Jamie is one of the most experienced international counsels in the Indian capital markets space. He knows the law inside out and is also pragmatic”. The 2022 edition clients’ testimonials state "he is very practical and solution-oriented," whilst another regards "his understanding of financials as par excellence." One client praises his "attention to detail and knowledge of nuances".

He is listed as a Leading Lawyer/Highly Regarded for Capital Markets by IFLR1000, 2016-2023 and praised for being "deeply committed and involved" and "extremely thorough in his diligence, review and drafting. Rarely does he miss a deal issue, or fail to highlight potential red flags and with optimum lead time."

He is listed as a Recommended Lawyer for Capital Markets, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2016-2021. He is listed as Recommended for Capital Markets, Who’s Who Legal (Global Leader 2021 and 2022 and National Leader, Southeast Asia 2021-2023). He is also listed in Top 10 influential international capital markets lawyers in Singapore – Lawyers Awards 2023, Business Today, the A-list – Singapore’s top 100 lawyers 2023 by Asian Business Law Journal, in the International A List - the top 100 India-focused legal experts outside the country for 2019-2023 by India Business Law Journal and in The Best Lawyers in Singapore™ for Capital Markets, 2020-2024. Jamie was also recognized as “Cross Border Lawyer of Year – Capital Markets” at the Legal Era Global Achievers Awards 2022 and the Legal Era Global Achievers Awards 2023.

Jamie studied law at the University of Cambridge (Trinity College), where he was awarded a B.A. and an M.A. He received his Master of Laws from the University of Virginia. He is admitted to practice law in New York, USA and Tasmania, Australia.

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University of Virginia School of Law, LL.M., 1996 University of Cambridge (Trinity College), B.A. (Law), 1994 University of Cambridge (Trinity College), M.A., 1998