James Hardy
James is a corporate and commercial lawyer with 20 years’ experience in public and private mergers, acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures, private equity and corporate finance. James specialises in corporate finance work, acting for both companies and brokers, and advising on public company takeovers and mergers, private acquisitions and disposals, AIM and full listings, corporate restructuring, and general corporate matters. James acts for clients across a large variety of sectors, including media and entertainment, renewable energy, property investment funds, venture capital trusts, retail, industrial and financial services. After spending ten years at Freshfields, James moved into partnership roles at mid-City and West End firms before joining Newlawslegal, which merged with Acuity Law in 2018. He also worked for Simpson Thacher in New York. Expertise: Public and private mergers, acquisitions and disposals (domestic [UK and US] and cross-border) AIM listings and secondary fundraisings Joint ventures and shareholder arrangements Private equity and venture capital Corporate reorganisations, demergers and share buybacks General corporate, corporate finance, commercial, corporate governance · Acuity Law
About
James Hardy is a corporate and commercial lawyer at Acuity Law with 20 years’ experience advising on public and private mergers and acquisitions, AIM and full listings, joint ventures, private equity and corporate finance matters. He acts for companies and brokers across sectors including media and entertainment, renewable energy, property investment funds, venture capital trusts, retail, industrial and financial services, and has previous experience at Freshfields, Simpson Thacher (New York) and in partnership roles at mid‑City and West End firms (joined Newlawslegal which merged with Acuity Law in 2018).