James has over 25 years of experience working on corporate transactions, both as a lawyer and as a leader of multinational companies. He's built a substantial practice advising ultra high net worth individuals and families on running their corporate businesses.
James has a level of hands-on commercial experience which is rare for a lawyer. Before his career in private practice, he held senior positions at both a major British multinational and a European financial institution with operations across Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and India. James now holds a number of non-executive directorships in the real estate, hotels & leisure, and travel sectors.
James understands the issues most important to the super-wealthy. He spent many years working across a variety of industries and has acted on an impressive portfolio of international transactions in the real estate, consumer goods, hotels & leisure, and travel sectors.
Since 2017 | Partner, Taylor Wessing |
2005 - 2017 | Business Group Director and Head of Corporate & Commercial Group |
1999 - 2005 | Head of Corporate, Stephenson Harwood, London |
1998 - 1999 | President, Sovereign Asset Management, Monaco |
1994 - 1998 | Country Director, BAT plc, India |
1992 - 1994 | Legal & Technical Manager, BAT, London |
1995 | INSEAD, Executive education programmes |
1992 | Admitted as a lawyer, England & Wales |
1989 | Enrolled as a Notary Public, Scotland |
1988 | Admitted as a lawyer, Scotland |
1986 | LLB Dip LP, University of Dundee |
1982 | Bachelors, Economics, University of Dundee |
Law Society of England & Wales Law Society of Scotland International Bar Association |
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