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James Burnett

020 7710 1810 james.burnett@lw.com

Position

James Burnett is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins and is a member of the firm’s corporate department. His practice includes representing investment banking firms, private equity firms, and companies in public and private debt and equity offerings, bridge loans, acquisition financing and liability management transactions, with a particular emphasis on issuances of high yield debt securities and leveraged transactions.

Top Tier Firm Rankings

• Finance > Acquisition finance
• Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
• Real estate > Environment
• Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
• Finance > High yield
• Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
• Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
• Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
• Industry focus > TMT

Firm Rankings

• Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
• Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
• Finance > Debt capital markets
• Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
• Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
• Dispute resolution > International arbitration
• Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Media finance
• Dispute resolution > Public international law
• Finance > Securitisation
• Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
• Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
• Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
• Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
• Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
• Finance > Derivatives and structured products
• Employment > Employee share schemes
• Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
• Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
• Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
• Real estate > Property finance
• Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
• Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
• Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
• Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
• Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds