About
James' practice is principally focused on advising founders and management teams on sponsor-backed transactions, exits, refinancings and management incentive plans. James prides himself on delivering conflict free, independent advice which is built on over a decade of experience advising founders and management teams.
In addition to his founder and management advisory practice James advises alternative investors of private capital such as family offices and privately held holding companies to execute on their M&A and investment strategies.
Given the blend of his practice and his deep experience across both founder/management-side transactions and alternative private capital transactions, James provides commercial and pragmatic advice around deal structures, shareholder governance terms and incentive plans to help clients with their value creation.
James advises on UK and cross-border transactions with particular experience aerospace, financial services, consumer, leisure and technology sectors.
Experience
- Advising the management team of Totalmobile on the secondary buy-out backed by Five Arrows and DBAG.
- Advising the management team of Suntera on the secondary buyout backed by Valeas Capital Partners.
- Advising the founders and management team of Metcor on its buyout backed by Macquarie.
- Advising the founders of Golfbreaks on its sale to Sports Tours International.
- Advising the management team of Fidelis Insurance Holdings Limited in connection with the launch of a new managing general underwriter and the separation of its business and their associated equity arrangements opposite sponsors including Cap Z, Further Global and Travelers.
- Advising Pursuit Aerospace on its acquisition of Aeromet.
- Advising the founders of The Whisky Exchange on its sale to Pernod Ricard.
- Advising the management team of Autovista Group on its sale to J.D. Power.
- Advising the management team of Care UK on the exit by Bridgepoint.
- Advising Elixir Distillers on the acquisition of the Tormore Distillery.
