James Allen > Birketts LLP > Cambridge, England > Lawyer Profile
Birketts LLP Offices
22 STATION ROAD
CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE
CB1 2JD
England
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James Allen
Work Department
Corporate and commercial, Banking and finance
Position
Partner
Career
James joined Birketts in August 2012 as a Partner in our Corporate Finance Team having previously spent 11 years as a Partner at a leading Cambridge firm. He also has City experience.
James specialises in corporate finance, banking and insolvency. He has considerable experience in a variety of corporate finance transactions, including sales and purchases, venture capital, restructurings, and advising family-owned businesses.
He is qualified as an attorney in California and regularly advises on transactions with a cross-border element. James also delivers lectures to other lawyers and professionals on corporate finance and banking issues.
Lawyer Rankings
East Anglia > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Cambridge
(Hall of Fame)The team at Birketts LLP is noted as being ‘responsive and willing to find practical and commercial solutions’ to clients’ issues. The firm is a regional powerhouse but also handles a growing stream of cross-border transactional matters. Practice head James Allen provides ‘measured, pragmatic and commercial advice’ and notably recently assisted Greene King Limited with the acquisition of smokehouse restaurant group Hickory’s. ‘Approachable and easy to work with‘ early-stage funding expert Quentin Golder, private equity specialist Adrian Seagers and experienced ICT partner Andrew Priest also play pivotal roles in the practice, as does Nick Burt, who was promoted to partner in June 2022.
East Anglia > Finance > Banking and finance
(Hall of Fame)The banking and finance practice at Birketts LLP is noted as being ‘proactive and supportive’. The firm acts for regional, national and London-based clients from its four regional offices, and it is a frequent advisor to, among others, HSBC Bank, Lloyds Bank and Santander. Cambridge-based practice head Alex Schaafsma, described as ‘always ready to advise and support when necessary’, recently assisted borrower Milbank Ventures Limited with a facility from Arbuthnot Commercial ABL to refinance its existing facilities and finance the acquisition of Bruno Rimini Limited; this included a £12.6m asset-based lending facility agreement. Also in Cambridge, James Allen is a specialist in financing mobile home parks, and senior associate Kathryn Palmer is active in ship finance, educational lending and real estate finance. Senior associate Lottie Fletcher in Norwich also plays a key role in the practice.
Lawyer Rankings
- Banking and finance East Anglia > Finance
- Corporate and commercial: Cambridge East Anglia > Corporate and commercial
- Hall of Fame East Anglia > Finance > Banking and finance
- Hall of Fame East Anglia > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Cambridge
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Cambridge
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Real estate > Commercial property: Cambridge
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Real estate > Commercial property: Norwich
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Cambridge
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Norwich
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Employment > Employment
- Private client > Family
- Crime, fraud and licensing > General crime and fraud
- Employment > Health and safety
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Cambridge
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Norwich
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Public sector > Public sector
- Real estate > Social housing
- Transport > Transport and shipping