Jamie A. Benson is a U.S. securities lawyer with more than 14 years' experience in international capital markets and cross-border M&A transactions. Mr. Benson is head of Duane Morris & Selvam's U.S. securities law practice and is the joint-head of the firm's India practice desk.

Mr. Benson is one of the leading international legal counsels on securities offerings by Indian issuers, having worked on more than 30 deals by Indian issuers in the last eight years, including equity offerings by TBZ, Dhanlaxmi Bank, ING Vysya, Ashoka Buildcon, Ramky Infrastructure, DEN Networks, IBN18 Broadcast, Central Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Jagran Prakashan, Andhra Bank, HT Media (Hindustan Times), PVR Limited, IDFC, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Allahabad Bank and Yes Bank.

Mr. Benson has also worked on a number of high-profile transactions in Australia, including large securities offerings for Qantas, BHP Billiton, Foster's, Optus, Macquarie Bank, Macquarie Infrastructure Group, CSL and Promina Group, and the UK, including securities offerings for Lonrho and SKIL Ports & Logistics.

Mr. Benson has represented almost all of the major global and Indian investment banks. His experience includes advising on equity private placements (such as Rule 144A, Regulation D, Section 4(2) and Regulation S offerings); SEC-registered equity and debt offerings; mergers and acquisitions of both U.S. and non-U.S. public companies; and high-yield convertible and investment-grade bond offerings and debt private placements.

Mr. Benson 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; film; jewelry; gambling; infrastructure; insurance; mining; oil and gas; print media; property; telecommunications; and television broadcasting.

Mr. Benson studied law at the University of Cambridge (Trinity College), where he was a fellow of the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust, and was awarded a B.A. and an M.A. He was awarded a Henry Arthur Hollond Travelling Scholarship in Law by Trinity College and received his Master of Laws from the University of Virginia. He is admitted to practice law in New York, USA and Tasmania, Australia.

Areas of Practice

+ Securities Law

+ International Capital Markets

+ Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions Transactions

Representative Matters

Public Offerings

+ Advised IDFC Capital and Avendus Capital and the other underwriters on the sale of Rs. 2,000 million (US$38 million) of shares in Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri Limited in an initial public offering ("IPO") in India and concurrent private placements outside India and the U.S.

+ Advised Enam Securities, IDFC Capital, Motilal Oswal Investment Advisors, Sharehkan and Motilal Oswal Securities on the sale of Rs. 2,250 million (US$51 million) of shares in Ashoka Buildcon Limited in an IPO in India, including concurrent private placements outside India and the U.S.

+ Advised Deutsche Equities (India), Antique Capital Markets and Antique Stock Broking on the sale of Rs. 3,645 million (US$76 million) of shares in DEN Networks Limited in an IPO in India and in concurrent private placements outside India and the U.S.

+ Advised Citigroup Global Markets India, IDBI Capital Market Services, Enam Financial Consultants, ICICI Securities and Kotak Mahindra Capital Company and the other underwriters on the sale of Rs. 8,160 million (US$200 million) of shares in Central Bank of India in an IPO in India and in concurrent private placements outside India (including a Rule 144A offering in the U.S.).

+ Advised DSP Merrill Lynch, Kotak Mahindra Capital Company, JM Morgan Stanley, HSBC Securities and Capital Markets (India), SBI Capital Markets, Karvy Investor Services, Enam Financial Consultants and the other underwriters on the sale of Rs. 16,330 million (US$380 million) of shares in Bank of Baroda in a follow-on public offering in India and in concurrent private placements outside India (including a Rule 144A offering in the U.S.).

+ Advised DSP Merrill Lynch, ICICI Securities and the other underwriters in the Rs. 3,694 million (US$86 million) sale of shares in Jagran Publications Limited in an IPO in India and in concurrent private placements outside India (including a Rule 144A offering in the U.S.).

+ Advised ICICI Securities, Kotak Mahindra Capital Company and the other underwriters in the Rs. 1,733 million (US$40 million) sale of shares in PVR Limited in an IPO in India and in concurrent private placements outside India (including a Rule 144A offering in the U.S.).

+ Advised Kotak Mahindra Capital Company and the other underwriters in the Rs. 4,076 million (US$95 million) sale of shares in HT Media Limited in an IPO in India and in concurrent private placements outside India (including a Rule 144A offering in the U.S.).

+ Advised DSP Merrill Lynch, Enam Financial Consultants, Karvy Stock Broking and the other underwriters in the Rs. 3,150 million (US$73 million) sale of shares in Yes Bank Limited in an IPO in India and concurrent private placements outside India (including a Rule 144A offering in the U.S.).

+ Advised ICICI Securities, DSP Merrill Lynch, Kotak Mahindra Capital Company, Citigroup Global Markets India and Bajaj Capital and the other underwriters in the Rs. 13,630 million (US$317 million) sale of shares in Oriental Bank of Commerce in a follow-on public offering in India and in concurrent private placements (including a Rule 144A offering in the U.S.).

Qualified Institutional Placements

+ Advised Enam Securities, Standard Chartered Securities India, Religare Capital Markets and Motilal Oswal Investment Advisors on the sale of Rs. 3,043 million (US$62 million) of shares in Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited in a qualified institutional placement ("QIP") in India, Rule 144A offering in the U.S. and Regulation S private placement outside India.

+ Advised Enam Securities, IDFC Capital and JM Financial Consultants on the sale of Rs. 9,700 million (US$175 million) of shares in ING Vysya Bank Limited in a QIP in India, including concurrent private placements outside India and the U.S.

+ Advised IDFC Capital and JM Financial Consultants on the sale of Rs. 3,807 million (US$85 million) of shares in The Dhanalakshmi Bank Limited in a QIP in India and in concurrent private placements outside India and the U.S.

+ Advised JM Financial Consultants, HSBC Securities and Capital Markets (India) and Antique Capital Markets on the sale of Rs. 1,140 million (US$25 million) of shares in ibn18 Broadcast Limited in a QIP in India, including concurrent private placements outside India and the U.S. Global Depository Receipts

+ Advised the underwriters on a proposed US$100 million GDR offering by an Indian company and the listing of the GDRs on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. AIM Listings

+ Advised SKIL Ports & Logistics Limited on the sale of £76 million of its shares, including a Rule 144A offering in the U.S., and its admission to trading on AIM.

Admissions

+ New York

+ Tasmania, Australia