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James Butters

07966 724 666 j.butters@capitallaw.co.uk View profile

Work Department

Banking and Finance

Position

James is a Partner in our Banking and Finance team based in London.

He previously worked as a partner in the finance group at Clifford Chance and was based in Clifford Chance’s Paris office as a partner for three years. He has also practised as a commercial barrister at Fountain Court Chambers in London.

James specialises in corporate debt financing, leveraged buy-outs, M&A financing, restructurings and real estate financing, working for a variety of leading corporates, financial institutions and private equity investors.

He has led transactions in most European jurisdictions, including the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Nordic region, Poland and Benelux and regularly works on transactions with a US element. He has extensive experience of complex structured debt and security arrangements involving financiers and counterparties located in different jurisdictions.

James is fluent in French and Italian.

Career

• Partner, Capital Law Limited (June 2021 – present)
• Freelance Legal Consultant and Business Advisor (Nov 2020 – present)
• Partner, Clifford Chance LLP (Aug 1999 – Nov 2020)
• Barrister, Fountain Court Chambers (1994 – 1999)

Languages

• Fluent French
• Fluent Italian

Memberships

The Law Society of England and Wales

Education

• European university Institute: LLM, European Law
• University of Cambridge: LLM, Commercial Law
• University of Oxford: BA, Law