Representative clients for whom James has acted include: Actis, Apse Capital, Astarte Capital Partners, bd-capital Partners, BlackRock Private Equity Partners, Brookfield, Columbia Threadneedle Investments, Deutsche Bank, Farview Equity Partners, GMT Communications Partners, Graphite Capital Partners, Infracapital, Montagu Private Equity, Mubadala, Octopus Investments, PAI Partners, Prudential and Yoo Capital.

James has been recognised as a “Key Lawyer” by Legal 500 UK and by Secondaries Investor in the publication’s “Young Guns of Secondaries 2019” list.

Prior to joining Weil, James was at Rede Partners, where he acted in a commercial capacity for managers on primary fundraisings, strategic advisory projects and secondary transactions. James has also previously worked with the British Venture Capital Association and the UK Government advising on policy initiatives, the impact of legislative reforms and the drafting of primary legislation.