Practice Expertise

  • Banking and Finance
  • Corporate
  • Aviation Finance
  • Banking Regulation

Areas of Practice

  • Aviation Finance
  • Banking and Finance
  • Banking Regulation
  • Corporate
  • Debt Capital Markets
  • Fund Finance
  • High Yield
  • Investment Funds
  • Islamic Finance
  • Real Estate Finance
  • Structured Finance and Securitisation
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Profile

James, who specialises in Cayman Islands, Bermuda and British Virgin Islands (BVI) law, advises on a wide range of debt transactions, including acquisition finance, leveraged finance, project finance, real estate finance, fund finance, margin lending, structured finance, bond issuances, general lending, distressed debt, security enforcements, work-outs and debt restructurings. In addition, he acts on corporate transactions, including on all downstream private equity deals, investments, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and shareholder arrangements and corporate restructurings.

Areas of Practice

  • Aviation Finance
  • Banking and Finance
  • Banking Regulation
  • Corporate
  • Debt Capital Markets
  • Fund Finance
  • High Yield
  • Investment Funds
  • Islamic Finance
  • Real Estate Finance
  • Structured Finance and Securitisation

Professional Career

Significant Accomplishments

Prior to joining Carey Olsen, James was a partner in the Hong Kong office of another leading offshore law firm, where he worked on many of the largest regional transactions. He previously lived and worked in both the Cayman Islands and BVI for nearly five years. Before moving offshore, James started his legal career with Allen & Overy, and spent nearly a decade working in its London and Singapore offices.

James was admitted to practise in the Cayman Islands in 2012, the BVI in 2013 and is enrolled as a registered associate in Bermuda. He is also admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales (2005) (non-practising).

James专门从事开曼群岛、百慕大群岛和英属维尔京群岛法律。他就各种债务交易提供法律意见,包括收购融资、杠杆融资、项目融资、房地产融资、基金融资、保证金贷款、结构性融资、债券发行 、一般贷款、不良债权、担保执行、解决方案和债务重组。 此外,他还处理公司交易,包括所有下游私募股权交易、投资、兼并和收购、合资企业和股东安排及公司重组。

在加入Carey Olsen之前,James是另一家领先的离岸律师事务所香港办事处的合伙人,在那里他参与了许多最大的区域性交易。他此前在开曼群岛和英属维尔京群岛生活和工作了将近五年。在成为离岸律师以前,James在Allen & Overy开始了他的法律职业生涯,并在其伦敦和新加坡办事处工作了近十年。

James于2012年获得开曼群岛执业律师资格,2013年获得英属维尔京群岛(BVI)执业律师资格,并在百慕大群岛注册为执业律师。他还于2005年获得英格兰和威尔士(非执业)律师资格。

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