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Law Alumnus Launches New Firm, Featured in National Media

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 3, 2015) — James C. Woolery, alumnus of the UK College of Law, was recently featured in the New York Times, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News and more after he announced with partner Douglas L. Braunstein the launch of a new investment management firm. In a February 2013 article, the Wall Street Journal described Woolery as “one of the biggest names in mergers and acquisitions." 

The firm, Hudson Executive Capital LP, was formed to identify opportunities where actionable strategic and corporate finance solutions can drive returns through constructive engagement with managements, boards and shareholders, according to a news release.

The firm's advisory board comprises 14 current and former CEOs, and its industry expertise includes financial services, health care, technology/media/telecommunication, consumer/retail and general industrials.

Woolery, former chairman-elect of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, received his juris doctor degree from the UK College of Law in 1994, where he was editor of the Kentucky Law Journal and a member of the Order of the Coif.

Following graduation, he became partner and chairman of strategy and business development at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP until 2010. From 2011-2013, Woolery was co-head of North American mergers and acquisitions at JPMorgan, leaving to join Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft.

Woolery is currently a member of the Visiting Committee of the College of Law, which brings together distinguished graduates of the college to meet regularly with the dean, faculty and students of the college, and to consult with the president, provost and other top administrators of the university. 

To read the articles featuring Woolery and Hudson Executive Capital, click the links below.

New York Times: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2015/01/20/2-wall-street-deal-makers-form-an-activist-fund-with-a-twist/

Wall Street Journal: http://www.wsj.com/articles/new-activist-hedge-fund-has-ceo-backing-1421730010

Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/21/jpmorgan-hudsonexecutive-idUSL1N0UZ1P820150121

Bloomberg News: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-20/ex-jpmorgan-cfo-braunstein-to-help-run-money-management-firm-1-

MEDIA CONTACT: Whitney Harder, 859-323-2396, whitney.harder@uky.edu