Corporate & Commercial
James is a commercially astute and proactive lawyer experienced in real estate and corporate finance matters, private company mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and business-to-business contractual matters.
He works for banks, private lenders, and borrowers on finance matters, alongside his specialist M&A, corporate advisory, and commercial expertise for clients in the real estate, technology, digital, manufacturing, hospitality and creative sectors.
He prides himself on developing long-term relationships with his clients, acting for them commercially and expediently and as a trusted advisor.
James has been recognised for his IT work in the Legal 500.
Expertise
- General corporate advisory, including corporate aspects of financing arrangements
- Shareholder agreements and arrangements
- Seed and growth capital investments
- Acquisitions and disposals of private trading businesses and property-holding companies, often with an offshore structure
- Reorganisations and restructurings
- Contractual joint ventures
- Business-to-business and IT contracts
- Trading terms and conditions
- General contractual advisory, IP and data protection matters
Recent Experience
Commercial/IT
Working with a start up in relation to its terms of supply to customers wishing to use its cutting edge analytics software to enable them to make their workplaces ‘COVID-secure’ including consideration of data protection issues.
Advising an independent publisher of a monthly, globally distributed, motor sports magazine, on a range of IT, IP and data protection matters arising in connection with its new e-commerce platform and web hosting, customer and sales management and distribution arrangements.
Advising on an Information Escrow Agreement in relation to essential training materials developed to support the installation of electronic equipment in a long term military vehicle production project to preserve the customer’s ability to access and utilise the materials in the event of default under the main contract.
Supporting and advising in-house counsel on the terms of a major outsourcing contract.
Corporate
Advising on the sale, by way of share disposal, of an £18m Chelsea mansion held in a BVI-registered corporate.
Advising a PLC on its expedited trade acquisition by way of share purchase with earn out of a complementary electronics business based in the UK with Hong Kong and Dongguan subsidiaries.
Acting for and supporting in-house counsel in relation to an intragroup disposal of assets, exit from a longstanding joint venture and restructuring the share capital of the disposing entity in readiness for its winding up.
Advising in relation to numerous investment and shareholder agreements and in respect of general corporate and financing matters.
Outside Work
James is a keen cyclist, foodie and father of three children. He is also Clerk to the Governors, and Company Secretary, of Alford House, one of London’s oldest youth clubs, which provides facilities, activities and pastoral support to disadvantaged young people in Lambeth.