James Goold

James is a private equity lawyer and a member of our UK Executive Board. Clients value his commercial awareness and clear-thinking in difficult situations. James's focus is on domestic and crossborder private equity transactions, where he mainly works for institutional investors, investee companies and management teams.

James is recognised as a leading private equity lawyer in the UK. He works across the UK, EU and international private equity sectors, and is experienced with management buyouts and buyins, leveraged buyouts, and venture and development capital investments acting for institutional investors, management teams, and investee companies. James can help you with all your corporate transactions including M&A, joint ventures, refinancings and other special situation investment opportunities.In his capacity as a Board Director, James is responsible for a number of the firm's practice areas in the UK, including Corporate.

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Career

Since 2017	Board Director, Taylor Wessing
2014 - 2017	Head of Private Equity, Taylor Wessing
2012 - 2014	Partner, Taylor Wessing

2003 - 2012	Partner, Jones Day
2002 - 2003	Partner, Gouldens
1996 - 2002	Associate, Gouldens
1994 - 1996	Trainee, Gouldens

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Education

1996	Admitted as a lawyer, England & Wales
1994	Legal Practice Course, College of Law
1993	Common Professional Exam, College of Law

1992

History degree, York University

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Expertise

Sectors Technology, media & communications Consumer & retail Energy & infrastructure Financial institutions

Experience

Arcadia	Acting on the restructuring and CVA of the Arcadia group (including Top Shop, Top Man and Miss Selfridge).
Inflexion Private Equity on the management buyout of Calco Group	Inflexion Private Equity on the management buyout of leading Dutch IT outsourcing training business Calco Group BV.
Inflexion Private Equity on the refinancing of the Alston Elliot group	Inflexion Private Equity on the refinancing of the Alston Elliot group. Alston Elliot is a leading provider of premium data-driven graphics solutions for live sports broadcasts. The refinancing completed via secured loan facilities provided by Cordet Capital.

Five Arrows Principal Investment on Dutch insurance acquisition

Five Arrows Principal Investment on the acquisition of Dutch insurance business Voogd & Voogd from Bencis Capital Partners.

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Awards

Chambers UK 2020	Leading individual - Private Equity: Buyouts: Mid-Market (Band 5): James Goold is experienced in a variety of domestic and international private equity deals, including M&A, LBOs and MBOs. Interviewees appreciate his "sharp intellect and very refined technical skills."
Chambers UK 2020	Leading individual - Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment (Band 5)
Chambers UK 2019	Leading individual - Private Equity: Buyouts (Band 5): Clients consider James Goold to be a "calm and detailed" practitioner and a "thoroughly good individual." He represents a number of top private equity firms, companies and management teams in LBOs, MBOs and investment matters, among other transactions.
Chambers UK 2018	Leading individual - Private Equity (Buyouts) (Band 5): Department head James Goold has a dynamic private equity practice, acting for investor firms, management teams and investee corporates in a diverse array of transactional matters. Clients say: "We are continually impressed by James – he is always ready to go above and beyond to deliver for us."