Jim Cruger, a partner in Perkins Coie’s national Private Equity practice,
concentrates his practice in the areas of mergers, acquisitions, formation of
private investment vehicles and joint ventures. Jim has represented numerous
private equity funds and public companies in transactions during his 28 year
career. Public company representation has included Deutsche Post DHL, Leggett
& Platt (NYSE), Voyager Learning Company (NASDAQ) and Strategic Hotel
Capital (NYSE). Fund representation has included SPO Partners, Intellectual
Ventures, Wynnchurch Capital, LaSalle Capital, Code Hennessy & Simmons,
Prospect Partners, Riverlake Equity Partners, Hilco Equity Partners, High Street
Capital, Blue Point Equity Partners, and Explore Holdings.