James is a senior associate in the Corporate and M&A Group.
James focuses on public and private M&A (including domestic and cross-border), equity capital markets and corporate matters, advising clients in a variety of industries.
Relevant Experience
His recent significant experience includes advising:
- Flutter Entertainment plc on its additional listing of ordinary shares on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol “FLUT”
- European Bakery Group (backed by 3i) on its acquisition of Panelto Foods
- Linde plc on its de-listing from the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by way of an Irish High Court approved scheme of arrangement and Irish domestic merger
- John Laing on its acquisition of a portfolio of three Irish assets from the Irish Infrastructure Fund
- beqom SA (a leading provider of a cloud-based compensation management solution) and Sumeru Equity Partners on its acquisition of Tandem HR Solutions Limited
- the National Treasury Management Agency of Ireland as controller and manager of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) on the formation of the Hotel Investment Fund, an Irish limited partnership
- Frontline Ventures on the establishment of its seed funds and US growth funds focused on US companies expanding into Europe
- Appian Asset Management Limited, an Irish-based asset manager, on its acquisition by Gresham House plc
- Greenergy on its acquisition of Amber Petroleum
- Epiris funds on its £206 million take private acquisition of IFG Group plc
- on various shareholder and commercial disputes
