James specialises in general corporate advice, private equity work public and private mergers and acquisitions, and equity issues. His major clients include Cinven, Compass, Hays, Logica and Wolseley.
His work has included acting for:
- Cinven on its take-private bid for McKechnie;
- its acquisition of Dynacast from Coats Viyella for Ј322m, and its acquisition of Odeon Cinemas from Rank for Ј280m;
- its acquisition and subsequent disposal of General Healthcare Group;
- Southern Electric on its merger with Scottish Hydro-Electric;
- Hays on its acquisition of FDS in France and van der Heijden in the Benelux countries;
- Compass on its merger with Granada and subsequent demerger;
- Wolseley on the sale of part of its manufacturing division; and
- Logica on its deep-discount rights issue.
Contact details
- Address
- 65 Fleet Street
- London EC4Y 1HS
- United Kingdom
- Telephone
- +44 20 7936 4000
- Fax
- +44 20 7832 7001