James Campbell > Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
TOWER 42, LEVEL 23
25 OLD BROAD STREET
LONDON
EC2N 1HQ
England

Living Wage

Work Department

Corporate and securities; technology; finance; energy.

Position

Mr Campbell’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, private equity, banking and fund formation. His practice concentrates in the oil and gas, mining, financial services, aviation and defense, real estate and technology sectors. His clients include Chevron, Apple, General Atomics, Synnex, HBK Investments and Deutsche Bank. He has advised the Russian Federal Securities Commission and the Uzbek Centre for the Securities Markets.

Career

Partner Gouldens/Jones Day 1990-2008; partner Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman 2008 to date. Publications: co-author of recent articles on the new Iranian IPC published in The Oath, Eurozone crisis published by FTSE Global Markets and the Daily Telegraph and of ‘Practical Lending and Security Precedents’ (Sweet & Maxwell).

Education

St John’s College, Cambridge (1981 MA, 1982 LLM); College of Law, London (1983).

Lawyer Rankings

London > Industry focus > Emerging markets

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP provides ‘thoughtful and wise counsel from a very strong deal makers‘. London managing partner Matthew Oresman leads the international public policy practice, advising governments, political leaders, businesses and NGOs. He recently assisted AI company Gorilla Technologies Inc in moving its headquarters from Taiwan to London, and he advised Bank of Cyprus on US, EU, Russia, UN, Ukraine and other sanctions, export control and AML compliance matters. Head of corporate James Campbell leads the firm-wide Africa practice, and clients describe him as ‘the proverbial rock – the go-to person for navigating clients through tricky deals in emerging markets‘. His highlights include assisting Emmerson PLC with the financing of Africa’s first commercial potash mine. Osama Abu-Dehays focuses on transactions in the Middle East, particularly in the commercial, technology, media and telecommunications sectors, having helped broadcasters, football leagues and telecom/technology providers in many high-value deals over the years.