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James Williams
Partner James has extensive experience in: contentious and non-contentious corporate recovery and insolvency; all types of distressed business and asset sales and purchases; disposal of real property on behalf of office holders, particularly involving complex title issues; board advisory and transactional matters, including advice on restructuring, turnaround and director's duties; pursuing and defending officeholder claims against directors; distressed lending and refinancing; and personal insolvency matters.
JMW Solicitors LLP
James Williams
Partner Areas of Practice: James advises both employers and employees on the full spectrum of employment law matters, including day-to-day surgery advice, litigation, transactional support and executive severance
Wallace LLP
James Williams
Associate
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
James Williams
James is an experienced construction solicitor. He qualified as a solicitor in England & Wales in 1999. After working for a leading firm in Birmingham, he emigrated to Australia and qualified as a solicitor in Queensland in 2003, working in both Brisbane and Sydney. In 2008, James relocated to the Middle East and worked at a major law firm in the United Arab Emirates and at one of the region’s Government backed master developers. He returned to his native Wales in 2014 and was a partner at Acuity Law in Cardiff. James joined Clarke Willmott in October 2024 and has been ranked both in Chambers and in the Legal 500. How James can help you James specialises in non contentious construction matters, largely related to city regeneration, and has worked on various developments comprising, office blocks, apartments, hotels and sports stadia. James has experience of working with standard form building contracts such as the JCT and NEC suites and, through his time in the Middle East, has extensive experience of working with the FIDIC contracts. James also has significant experience of acting for banks and funds providing development finance and has also acted on numerous residential development projects. James has extensive experience of drafting and negotiating development agreements, building contracts, consultant appointments, collateral warranties and other related documents including, for example, letters of intent and letters of reliance. James also has extensive experience of acting for banks providing finance for construction projects and has worked on numerous funded developments in Wales and further afield. Experience James’s recent reported cases: Acting on behalf of a developer in respect of the development of a new Welsh headquarters for a national broadcaster comprising new offices, television and radio studios and a roof garden. The project had a construction cost of circa £60 million. Acting on behalf of the developer of a new mixed use transport interchange in Cardiff containing various sections comprising an office block, a residential apartment tower, a bus station with an external turning and parking apron and commercial space with a value of circa £100,000,000. Acting on behalf of a Cardiff based developer in respect of the refurbishment of the old Post Office in Cardiff and its reconfiguration, extension and conversion into the city’s newest 4 star hotel. The value of the project was circa £40,000,000. Acting on behalf of a Cardiff based developer in respect of the design and construction of Wales’ largest office block with a build value of circa £60,000,000. Acting on behalf of a Welsh Housing Association in the design and construction of a new build residential apartment block in Swansea with a value of circa £30,000,000. Acting for a sub-contractor and advising on the sub-contract terms and conditions in relation to a sub-contract package for the construction of the new national stadium for the English Football Association in Wembley, North London; Drafting and negotiating a design and build contract based on the 1999 FIDIC Yellow Book for the design and construction of a marina to be built by one of Dubai’s master property developers. Acting on behalf of one of Wales’s largest funding institutions in respect of a circa £75,000,00 development facility in respect of the construction of approximately 800 new homes in Cardiff.
Clarke Willmott LLP
James Wingfield
James Wingfield specialises in resolving commercial disputes, often international, whether through litigation or international arbitration. James acts extensively in cross-border contract claims, including those in the energy, international trade, financial services and art and cultural property sectors. He advises on shareholder disputes and on claims against directors for breach of duty. His fraud and asset tracing practice includes significant disputes over allegedly fraudulent conduct and advising on freezing orders and other interim relief. James' art and cultural property practice includes acting for art dealers and artists. He recently successfully defended a London art dealer against high-profile allegations of negligence in the sale of a Chardin and Studio painting. He acts on claims concerning title to artworks and those arising from forgeries. He has expertise in financial services disputes, having acted in leading cases against banks and for FCA regulated payment providers. James is a higher courts advocate. He has extensive experience of mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution.
Howard Kennedy LLP
James Wood-Robertson
James is a specialist Energy & Infrastructure lawyer with over 15 years’ experience of advising sponsors, developers, funders, principal contractors and procuring authorities on renewable energy and energy from waste projects in the UK. He has acted for developers and funders on the acquisition, disposal, financing and re-financing of numerous onshore wind, solar PV, hydro and energy from waste projects. James has specialist experience in advising on power purchase agreements, having advised developers, funders and offtakers on a large number of renewable energy projects, including numerous corporate PPAs (physical and virtual) and private wire arrangements. In addition to this transactional experience, James has provided bespoke advice to renewable energy businesses and investors on PPAs, energy subsidy schemes (e.g. ROCs, Feed In Tariff, Contracts for Difference) and electricity industry agreements. James regularly presents to client groups on renewable energy matters.
Shoosmiths LLP
James Woolstenhulme
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau LLP
James Worrall
James is a partner in the firm’s Corporate team, specialising in domestic and cross border mergers and acquisitions, corporate structures and group reorganisations. Having joined the firm in 2010, James acts for UK and international corporates and business owners on a range of domestic and cross-border transactions. James is recognised by industry publications as an “M&A specialist” and commended for his “depth of knowledge”. James is a member of the firm’s Financial Services group and has advised a number of leading financial services businesses on corporate transactions and worked with FinTech businesses on a variety of debt and equity funding arrangements.
RWK Goodman
James Wright
I'm a Solicitor in the Will, Trust and Estate Disputes team in Sheffield. I started my training contract at Irwin Mitchell in 2016 and qualified as a Solicitor in 2018. I have experience with different types of disputes including validity of wills, claims for reasonable financial provision under the Inheritance (Provision for Family & Dependants) Act, and disputes between beneficiaries and executors. I provide clear, practical and logical legal advice to help people resolve their disputes as quickly as possible.
Irwin Mitchell
James d’Aquino
James is a partner in the private client team in the London office advising on a broad range of domestic and international issues. He acts for high net worth individuals, families, trustees, banks and entrepreneurs on wills, trusts, and succession planning. He also advises on UK and international tax issues, owner-managed business succession planning, administration of estates and powers of attorney. He has extensive experience in advising clients on regularising their UK tax affairs, particularly in relation to the Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility and the application of the Swiss-UK Tax Cooperation Agreement. James features in the Eprivateclient 'Top 35 Under 35' list 2015 for young private client practitioners. He has had several articles published in well-regarded private client journals including the Trusts and Estates Law Journal and Private Client Practitioner.
Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
Jamie Atkins
Partner
Kilburn & Strode LLP
Jamie Beagent
Partner
Leigh Day
Jamie Bell
Jamie Bell is a solicitor in the public law and immigration department at Duncan Lewis Solicitors. He has significant experience in a wide variety of complex and high profile matters. He has a particular specialism in preventing the unlawful removal of asylum seekers and undertakes a substantial number of judicial review cases. Jamie has demonstrated particular commitment to representing Afghan claimants, beginning when he played an integral part of the legal team that embarked upon a series of judicial review claims challenging returns to Afghanistan because of the deterioration in the country’s situation. As part of the challenge, Jamie assisted with the preparation of over forty judicial review applications prior to charter flights on 10 March 2015 and 21 April 2015. Jamie and the team obtained unprecedented orders granted ‘generic relief’, preventing the mass removals of Afghan nationals. These orders have prevented the detention and removal of hundreds of Afghans. He has significant experience dealing with vulnerable clients, including those in detention, those suffering from complex psychological issues and victims of torture and trafficking. Jamie also has a specialism in challenging the detention of vulnerable clients and has achieved success securing their release and awards of damages for the client. In October 2016, Jamie visited the Calais refugee camp on two occasions, to give advice and support to unaccompanied refugee children in their applications to come to the UK under the ‘Dubs Amendment’, playing a leading role in the second visit in organising the taking of instructions and liaising with social workers.
Duncan Lewis Solicitors
Jamie Berry
Managing Partner and Partner in Business Law
TWM Solicitors LLP
Jamie Cawthorn
Principal Associate
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Jamie Cuffe
Experience Jamie is a Partner in the Commercial team and advises a broad spectrum of healthcare, social care, housing and charity clients on a range contracting, procurement, projects, competition and transactional work. Expertise Jamie specialises in leading ‘first in kind transactions’ for clients and has extensive competition law experience having been on secondment at the competition directorate of NHS Improvement as well as leading the first and only Found Not to Qualify reference issued by the Competition and Markets Authority in relation to the NHS services and the first whole NHS foundation trust acquisition to be cleared by the CMA. Notable projects East of England Transforming Pathology Services procurement. This was a seven party transformation of pathology services in line with the Carter report (implementing a contractual, hosted joint venture). The advice included obtaining the first and to date only “Found Not To Qualify” decision in relation to NHS shared services. Hinchingbrooke Franchising Arrangements. Advised the team at Circle Healthcare in relation to the first statutory franchise agreement in England. Trust Special Administration of South London Healthcare NHS Trust. Advised the NHS TDA on the first exercise of the primary legislation and associated procurement and competition issues. Trust Special Administration of Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, advising University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust on its acquisition of Cannock Chase hospital. Advising on the merger of Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust with Heatherwood and Wexham Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust including obtaining the first merger clearance from the CMA for whole FT mergers. Advising three providers in relation to the committee in common and joint working arrangements required to implement the Essex Success Regime and which arrangements form the basis of National guidance; Acting for Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust on several acquisitions of GP practices as part of the Better Local Care (Hampshire) MCP Vanguard. Acting for Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust on its Strategic Research Agreement with Sensyne Health to allow Sensyne to analyse anonymised patient data using clinical artificial intelligence technology.
Capsticks LLP
Jamie Drucker
Jamie specialises in data protection and privacy law. Jamie’s practice includes advising clients on a wide range of privacy and data protection issues, including on the adoption of privacy strategies, assessing privacy risks in the context of new lines of business and the adoption of new technologies, notification and consent issues, individual rights requests, annonymisation, and data processing and transfer agreements. He has particular expertise advising clients on ad-tech compliance issues, in terms of navigating ePrivacy and GDPR requirements in the context of data collection, online tracking and profiling. Jamie also has experience in drafting Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs), both for processors and controllers, and in helping clients to navigate the complex BCR application and review process. Jamie also helps clients respond to data breach incidents, and defend regulatory enforcement action across Europe. He has also worked on high profile data protection litigation in the English High Court.
Bristows LLP
Jamie Dunlop
Senior Associate
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Jamie Earley
Jamie Earley is a Partner in our Corporate & Commercial team. Jamie Earley advises businesses on corporate matters, with a particular specialism in the tech sector and is adept at dealing with multi-jurisdictional transactions. He has been involved in some of the largest tech transactions in the region over the past two to three years. With extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions valued between £10 million and £40 million, Jamie provides strategic guidance to clients navigating high-value deals. He also advises on group reorganisations, shareholder agreements, LLP agreements and partnership agreements, ensuring businesses have the right structures in place to support growth and succession planning. Jamie acts as an external general counsel for several businesses, serving as a trusted advisor and sounding board on a wide range of legal issues. Clients appreciate Jamie’s responsiveness, tenacity, and pragmatic approach, valuing his ability to deliver commercially focused advice that supports their business objectives.
Lester Aldridge LLP
Jamie Feldman
Jamie heads the firm’s employment practice, advising employer and individual clients on their most important contentious and non-contentious employment law issues. Alongside Jamie’s sport specific practice, Jamie advises on the full spectrum of employment law matters, with considerable experience advising on complex discrimination issues, managing senior executives and employees and advising on the employment aspects of corporate transactions. He also advises on the drafting and negotiation of restraint of trade clauses and other contractual terms. Much of Jamie’s work is confidential, but his recent disclosable work highlights include advising Thierry Henry, Cesc Fabregas, Gael Clichy and Kolo Toure on their respective managerial/coach appointments; advising The FA on (i) the transfer of its ownership of women’s professional football and (ii) the introduction of a new standard form non-league playing contract in the men’s game; advising StatsBomb on the employment aspects of its sale to Hudl; and acting as trusted advisor to Betway on all its employment law and HR-related matters. Jamie is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association. Jamie was also an Executive Trustee of Stonewall Football Club for 9 years, and has previously appeared across multiple media outlets to discuss the topic of discrimination in sports.
Northridge Law LLP
Jamie Foster
Partner
Hill Dickinson LLP
Jamie Goldberg
Jamie is a commercial contracts and corporate lawyer with a particular focus in the sport, media and entertainment sectors. Jamie acts for investors, national and international sport governing bodies, sports agents, national selectors and other sport and media executives, rights holders, sports clubs and associations, media agencies, athletes, brands, theatre groups, ticketing businesses and a host of other commercial organisations. Jamie represents: Sports rights holders in relation to sponsorship, partnerships, licensing and media rights agreements. National sport governing bodies for all commercial requirements (he advised on the hosting and staging agreements for the 2019 Cricket World Cup). World-renowned athletes in relation to sponsorship and endorsements, appearance agreements, representation agreements, image rights, joint ventures and other commercial opportunities. Media and entertainment clients such as theatre groups, ticketing businesses, live music events, venues and digital media businesses in relation to production and distribution, software and services agreements and digital media contracts. The organisers of major events
Geldards LLP
Jamie Goldberg
Jamie is an experienced real estate solicitor, specialising in real estate investment work. Jamie has a wealth of experience in acquisitions, financings, lettings, and disposals. With a deep understanding of the sector, Jamie offers practical, commercial advice striving to ensure that clients’ objectives are met efficiently and effectively. Throughout his career, Jamie has built a strong track record in a wide variety of asset classes, including industrial properties, retail parks and office buildings. He is well-versed in navigating complex transactions, helping clients to make informed decisions that drive their investment goals forward. Clients value Jamie for providing not only expert legal advice but also clear guidance that reflects sound judgement and a keen understanding of the wider commercial landscape. His approach is both strategic and pragmatic, ensuring that clients can rely on him to deliver outcomes according to their specific needs. With a reputation for building long-lasting relationships based on trust and respect, whether advising on large-scale investments or more routine matters, Jamie is committed to delivering an exceptional service with a personal touch. Jamie has extensive experience assisting a wide variety of clients from ultra high net worth (UHNW) individuals to largescale charity funds with their property investments. Notably, he has advised a prominent UHNW client on his diverse and complex property portfolio. Jamie also brings a wealth of experience to the higher education sector, where he sits on the sector committee, offering both technical real estate expertise and strategic insight. This role follows his extensive experience in managing the investment portfolio of a prominent educational institution, where he is part of the team shaping its investment strategy.
Farrer & Co
Jamie Gordon
Jamie is a veteran property lawyer who joined Geldards in 1996, having previously spent 11 years at Hogan Lovells in London. He established the firm’s Nottingham property practice and developed and led the Networks team, the largest department in the firm, managing thousands of electricity and gas network transactions for numerous utilities network operator clients. He also conducted some of the region’s highest profile and most significant deals and projects, such as Trinity House, E.ON’s landmark HQ in Nottingham and the Markham Vale regeneration scheme. After decades of success, Jamie has handed over the reins of the 40+ strong Networks team of lawyers, paralegals and administrators, specialising in delivering high volume, time critical property solutions for electricity and gas distribution operators – the largest team of its kind in the UK – to Jay Atubra and become a part time consultant. Under Jay’s leadership, the team will continue to demonstrate its cutting edge expertise regarding the interface between independent distribution network operators, independent connection providers and distribution network operators, leverage its unrivalled industry experience to devise innovative time saving processes and systems, seamlessly take on large caseloads from previous legal services providers and exemplify its unique dual client and customer focus.
Geldards LLP