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William James

020 7880 5771 [email protected]

Work Department

Corporate.

Position

Corporate transaction and specialist advice in the payment sector and rail sector.

Career

Trained Reynolds Porter Chamberlain; moved to Theodore Goddard on qualification; partner Theodore Goddard 1998; joint head of corporate 2002-03; deputy head of corporate 2003-05; partner Addleshaw Goddard.

Languages

French.

Education

Malvern College for Boys; City of London Polytechnic (LLB Hons Business).

Leisure

Cycling, indoor rowing, cooking, children.

Top Tier Firm Rankings

• Finance > Asset based lending
• Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
• Real estate > Environment
• Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
• Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
• Real estate > Commercial property: development
• Public sector > Infrastructure (parliamentary)
• Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
• Corporate and commercial > Partnership
• Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
• Insurance > Product liability: defendant
• Transport > Rail
• Industry focus > Retail and consumer
• Real estate > Social housing: finance
• Projects, energy and natural resources > Water

Firm Rankings

• Public sector > Administrative and public law
• Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
• Real estate > Commercial property: development
• Real estate > Commercial property: investment
• Real estate > Construction: contentious
• Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
• Risk advisory > Corporate governance
• Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
• Employment > Health and safety
• Public sector > Healthcare
• Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
• Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
• Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
• Crime, fraud and licensing > Private prosecutions
• Real estate > Property litigation
• Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
• Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
• Transport > Aviation
• Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
• Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
• Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
• Finance > Debt capital markets
• Employment > Employee share schemes
• Employment > Employers
• Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
• Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
• Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
• Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
• Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
• Dispute resolution > International arbitration
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
• Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
• Real estate > Planning
• Real estate > Property finance
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
• Finance > Securitisation
• Industry focus > TMT
• Finance > Trade finance
• Finance > Acquisition finance
• Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
• Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
• Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
• Finance > Derivatives and structured products
• Risk advisory > ESG
• Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
• Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
• Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
• Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
• Finance > Transport finance and leasing
• Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
• Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
• Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
• Public sector > Infrastructure (parliamentary)