Expertise
James is a Managing Associate in the Finance team having joined Addleshaw Goddard in 2017. Often acting for banks, credit funds, sponsors and borrower clients, James has a particular specialism in acting on leverage and corporate finance transactions with both a local and international element.
- Experience
- advising Dunport Capital on a £10m senior facility agreement to NoBlue2 to finance the acquisition of BrightBridge Solutions (a FPE Capital portfolio company)
- advising a multinational industrials client on a $228,500,000 term loan facility agreement to refinance two existing facilities
- acting for Equistone in connection with its unitranche/super senior facilities to finance its investment in Ligentia Group
- acting for Thincats on a £4,500,000 acquisition financing facility to fund a local PE fund portfolio company's US based acquisition
- acting for Crescent Capital in connection with facilities to finance LDC's investments in SRL Traffic Systems
Additional experience:
- providing English law advice to a large institutional Italian lender in respect of an Italian law facility agreement, financing the acquisition of a portfolio English of companies by a large Italian company
- advising a nationwide property portfolio company on a £165,000,000 facility agreement and £91,000,000 facility agreement with a national lender and fund (respectively) to refinance existing facilities and finance the restructuring of the entire group