James K. Dyer, Jr.

Shareholder

Direct: (916) 945-5165
Email: [email protected]
Offices: Sacramento, San Diego
Bar Admissions: California, Texas

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James (Jim) Dyer is the firm’s Chief Financial Officer and Managing Shareholder of the Sacramento office of Buchalter. With more than 30 years of experience as a corporate and bank regulatory lawyer and a background in public accounting, Mr. Dyer serves as outside general counsel to a number of business enterprises ranging from privately held businesses to a publicly-traded company, including financial institutions.

Mr. Dyer guides his clients through complex business and finance transactions as an active member of their management teams, and is known for his approachable demeanor, proven judgment, and unwavering client loyalty and dedication. With over four years of experience as in-house counsel for a large, regional bank holding company, he has developed a unique perspective that many corporate lawyers do not possess.

On any given day, Mr. Dyer assists clients with a variety of general corporate matters, including corporate governance, corporate structuring, and shareholder relations. He has an active financial institutions practice that includes bank mergers and acquisitions and regulatory compliance. When his clients desire to raise money, they turn to Mr. Dyer for assistance with corporate finance and capital strategies. Depending on their approach to expansion, Mr. Dyer assists his clients with organic growth through the development of legal strategies for new products or services or the entry into new markets, drawing up on his extensive mergers and acquisitions experience. With a strong understanding of his clients’ businesses, he has a deep bench of experience with general business matters, including contract negotiations, strategic alliances, and the resolution of disputes.

In his role as outside general counsel, Mr. Dyer serves as a trusted advisor and when needed consults with other experienced lawyers in the firm in areas such as dispute resolution, real estate purchases, sales and leasing, intellectual property, employment, and environmental issues.

Mr. Dyer was named 2020 “Lawyer of the Year” in Sacramento by Best Lawyers for Corporate Law, and again in 2021 & 2023 for Business Organizations. He was also named 2020 Best of the Best Top 10% of America’s Lawyers, and as one of America’s Most Honored Lawyers by The American Registry. Mr. Dyer has been recognized as a Best Lawyer in America in the area of Business Organizations and Corporate Law since 2018. He has also been selected as one of Northern California’s Super Lawyers since 2016 and as one of Sacramento Magazine’s Top Lawyers since 2015.