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Kingsley Napley LLP Offices
20 Bonhill Street
London
EC2A 4DN
England
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James Fulforth
Work Department
Corporate and commercial.
Position
James is Senior Partner of Kingsley Napley.
Career
He joined Kingsley Napley as a partner in the corporate and commercial team in November 2007, and led the team from 2014 until 2023 when he became Senior Partner. He practises in both corporate and commercial law, and has particular experience in the technology, fintech, real estate, media/entertainment and travel sectors. He trained at a large City firm and has also worked in-house for an international provider of online travel services.
James specialises in advising entrepreneurs and high-net worth individuals on their business interests. His experience is unusually diverse, and includes time as legal counsel with one of the largest providers of wholesale travel services in the UK.
He advises on corporate transactions, including angel, VC and PE investments, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and re-organisations. He is an advisory board member of Angel Academe, the angel investor group, and regularly acts for founders of and those investing in early-stage and startup ventures. He also advises companies on their funding and structuring, particularly those with a technological focus.
James also advises on a wide range of commercial and contractual arrangements, including in relation to IT/technology, real estate management, outsourcing, intellectual property rights, sponsorship, franchising, agency and distribution arrangements.
James is ranked in Spear’s top corporate lawyers index for 2023.
Memberships
Law Society; Society for Computers and the Law.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
The ‘knowledgable’ M&A team at Kingsley Napley LLP
is lauded by clients for its ‘wide range of skills’ and ‘superb’ work ethic. Counting entrepreneurs and early stage, high-growth, owner-managed businesses among its key roster of clients, the practice benefits from a specialist technology sub-team, working with clients through their investment rounds to an eventual exit. The practice is steered by James Fulforth who is noted for his specialism advising entrepreneurs and high-net worth individuals on their business interests.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Employment > Immigration
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Costs lawyers
- Private client > Court of protection
- Private client > Family
- Private client > Family: mediation
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Health and safety
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Real estate > Residential property
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Public sector > Education: individuals
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity