Walkers

Banking & Finance

James Denham is a Partner at Walkers and a member of the firm's Global Finance and Corporate groups.

He is based in the London office and advises on both Cayman Islands law and BVI law aspects of a broad range of finance and corporate transactions. His practice includes debt and equity finance, asset finance and general corporate lending, with a particular focus on derivatives and structured finance.

Prior to joining Walkers in 2018, James trained and worked as an associate at Allen & Overy LLP in the Derivatives and Structured Finance team. Work here included a variety of OTC derivatives transactions, regulatory work, contentious Lehman Brothers matters and a secondment to the Structured Finance and Securities Desk at Credit Suisse.

James has also spent a year in the Cayman Islands advising on the Cayman law aspects of a wide range of finance and corporate transactions.

James is a member of the Law Society of England and Wales.

Admitted in:

Cayman Islands British Virgin Islands England and Wales (not practising)

Education:

BSc (Hons) in Environmental Conservation, University of Wales, Aberystwyth Postgraduate Diploma in Law, BPP, Leeds Legal Practice Course, College of Law, London