James specialises in corporate transactions and is a member of our Corporate and Investment Funds group.
He has represented clients across the Asia-Pacific region on:
High-value mergers and acquisitions
Equity capital raisings
Private equity and venture capital investments
Joint ventures
Pre IPO investments
US IPOs (including SPACs and deSPACs) and general corporate and governance matters.
He also regularly advises investment managers and institutional investors on the establishment of:
Hedge funds
Private equity and venture capital funds
Co-investment and alternative investment structures.
Experience and recent work
Before joining Walkers in 2012, James worked as a corporate lawyer at Clifford Chance in Hong Kong, Skadden and Slaughter and May in London, and at Chapman Tripp in New Zealand. At each of these firms, he advised corporate, private equity and government clients on various international and domestic transactions.
Qualifications
Admitted in:
Bermuda, Registered Associate
British Virgin Islands
England & Wales (not practising)
New Zealand (not practising)
Education:
LLB (Honours) (First Class), University of Otago, New Zealand
BA, University of Otago, New Zealand
2023 Legal 500 Asia Pacific – Leading Individual
2022 Legal 500 Asia Pacific – noted for high-value M&A and venture capital fundraisings