O'Melveny Adds Holland & Knight Houston Capital Markets Partner

James Brown joins O'Melveny's capital markets practice in Houston

Published on Mar. 4, 2026

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James Brown has joined O'Melveny as a partner in the firm's capital markets practice in Houston. Brown previously worked at Holland & Knight and represents issuers and underwriters in a variety of securities transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate finance matters.

Why it matters

The addition of an experienced capital markets partner like James Brown to O'Melveny's Houston office signals the firm's continued investment in its transactional capabilities in the Texas market, which has seen significant growth in IPOs, SPAC deals, and other corporate finance activity in recent years.

The details

James Brown joins O'Melveny from Holland & Knight, where he represented clients in initial public offerings, public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, SPAC transactions, mergers and acquisitions, private equity deals, public company reporting, SEC compliance, and corporate finance and debt restructuring matters.

  • James Brown joined O'Melveny as a partner on March 4, 2026.

The players

James Brown

A capital markets partner who joined O'Melveny from Holland & Knight, where he represented issuers and underwriters in a variety of securities transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate finance matters.

O'Melveny

An international law firm that has added James Brown as a partner in its capital markets practice in Houston.

Holland & Knight

The law firm that James Brown previously worked at before joining O'Melveny.

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The takeaway

The addition of an experienced capital markets partner like James Brown to O'Melveny's Houston office reflects the firm's commitment to growing its transactional capabilities in the Texas market, which has seen significant activity in areas like IPOs, SPAC deals, and other corporate finance transactions in recent years.