Panelist for Corporate Social Responsibility vs. Government Regulation: James R. Tanenbaum
Partner, Morrison & Foerster
Mr. Tanenbaum has concentrated his practice on corporate finance and the structuring of
complex domestic and international capital markets transactions. He represents
issuers, including some of the nation’s largest financial institutions, underwriters,
agents, and other financial intermediaries, in public and private offerings of
securities as well as issuers, investment banks, and purchasers in hybrid,
mortgage-related, and derivative securities transactions. He has developed some
of the most widely used hybrid techniques for the placement and distribution of
securities.
Mr. Tanenbaum works closely with leading investment banks to formulate new
methodologies for securities offerings and to structure innovative financial
products. He has also represented many technology-based companies, including
biotech and medical device companies. He is a frequent lecturer on capital
markets topics, and has lectured at the Securities and Exchange Commission,
SIFMA and at a variety of securities industry groups. Mr. Tanenbaum has been
cited as a recommended lawyer for capital markets in the IFLR 1000 Guide to
Leading Lawyers, as one of America’s leading lawyers for capital markets – debt
and equity by Chambers USA and as a recommended lawyer for capital markets
and international securities transactions by The Legal 500 – United States. He
lectures at law schools in the United States and abroad.
Born in New York, NY, Mr. Tanenbaum received his B.A. degree from Lehigh
University in 1971, graduating summa cum laude. In 1972, he received his M.A.
from Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts and Harvard Universities
and received his J.D. in 1975 from the University of Pennsylvania where he was
an Editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Mr. Tanenbaum is a
member of the New York Bar.
Mr. Tanenbaum is a member of the Board of Trustees of Lehigh University and the National Chair of the Benjamin Franklin Society of the University of Pennsylvania
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