James H. Ball, Jr. (Jim) is a partner in the New York office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and a member of the firm's Securities Group. A partner since 2001, Mr. Ball’s practice centers on capital markets, finance and corporate matters.

Mr. Ball has extensive experience representing both underwriters and issuers in domestic and international offerings of various types of securities, including initial public offerings, Rule 144A/Regulation S securities and high yield debt. He also has significant experience in domestic and international financial transactions, including acquisitions and joint ventures, secured and unsecured lending, transportation finance, telecom and satellite finance, utility financings, project finance, restructurings and leveraged buyouts.

Mr. Ball has represented a number of investment banks in various offerings and other capacities including BofA, Citigroup, Cowen, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, JP Morgan, Lazard, Morgan Stanley and UBS. Mr. Ball has also represented Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, NYSE Euronext, the International Securities Exchange and LightSquared Inc., a Harbinger portfolio company, in corporate and finance matters.