About
Jim James is a Consultant at Hill Dickinson LLP in Hong Kong, having joined the firm on 23 August 2021 after retiring following 44 years as a solicitor and partner at Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong. He has worked continuously in Asia since the early 1980s and advises on international arbitration and commercial litigation, with a focus on shipping, construction, insolvency and banking disputes.
Practice areas
International ArbitrationLitigationShipping & TransportConstruction & EngineeringInsolvency & RestructuringBanking & FinanceAviationInsurance
Office
Expertise
Shipping and maritime disputesShip finance and leasingAviation repossession and recoveryConstruction and engineering disputesInsolvency and restructuring (corporates, creditors, bondholders)Banking and commercial litigationTelecoms/IT disputesAsia (Hong Kong, Singapore, China, South Korea)
Education
- University of Cambridge, Pembroke College — BA (1973), MA (1974)
- College of Law, UK (1975)
Admissions
- Solicitor of England & Wales (qualified 1977)
- Solicitor of Hong Kong (1983)
- Law Society of England and Wales (member, 1977)
- Law Society of Hong Kong (member, 1983)
- Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators (member, 2017)
- Certified Adjudicator, Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators (2018)
- International panel arbitrator — CIETAC, CMAC and Beijing Arbitration Commission
Languages
English