Duncan James > Shakespeare Martineau LLP > Nottingham, England > Lawyer Profile
Shakespeare Martineau LLP Offices

WATERFRONT HOUSE
WATERFRONT PLAZA, 35 STATION STREET
35 Station Street
NG2 3DQ
England
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Duncan James

Work Department
Corporate
Position
Partner & Head of Corporate
Career
Duncan works with fast growing family businesses and entrepreneurs to ensure they are successful and to help them achieve their goals through acquisitions, funding lines and exit and succession planning.
He has a great reputation advising on mergers and acquisitions in the mid-market, and for working with management and family business owners to grow their businesses.
Duncan has experience in various sectors, particularly in life sciences, TMT and logistics.
Duncan’s clients include major international groups, SME’s and speculative start-ups.
“I get a real buzz from helping businesses and their owners be successful and assisting them to achieve their goals.”
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
Displaying extensive activity across the healthcare, tech, and renewables sectors, the Shakespeare Martineau LLP team routinely handles transactions ranging from seed investments to institutional funder-backed MBOs. The practice is headed up by Kavita Patel, who specialises in corporate finance transactions. Sean Scott acts on behalf of investment banks and investors, while the Nottingham-based Duncan James is also recommended.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in the East Midlands
- Real estate > Commercial property: Nottingham and Derby
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Elsewhere in East Midlands
- Employment > Employment
- Private client > Family
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Real estate > Construction
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the East Midlands
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Nottingham and Derby
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Nottingham and Derby
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Insurance > Professional negligence