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James joined the firm in 2013 and specialises in private equity funded transactions and mergers and acquisitions covering all forms of share and asset acquisitions and disposals, mergers, corporate joint ventures and investments. He has also acted on a number of corporate finance transactions for listed companies.
James completed his law degree at the University of Nottingham (LLB hons) and went on to complete his LPC at Manchester College of Law.
Further details
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Experience
Private Equity
- Acting for Perwyn on its investment in Datatonic.
- Acting for Palatine Private Equity on its investments in Redmoor Health and Cura Terrae group.
- Acting for LDC on its investment in Rhino Products.
- Acting for Waterland Private Equity on its investment in Cawood Scientific.
- Acting for BGF on its investments in ITD Global and A Wilderness Way.
- Acting for Seneca Partners on various EIS and VCT investments including Alderley Lighthouse Labs, SilkFred and Geomiq.
- Acting for NQ64 Arcade Bars and its management team on an investment from Imbiba (and Imbiba’s subsequent exit).
- Acting for MSS Group and its management team on an investment from Stellex.
- Acting for Leonard Curtis and its management team on an investment from Arete and Svella.
- Acting for Tier 1 Asset Management and its management team on an investment from Bridges Fund Management
Mergers and Acquisitions
- Acting for Sykes Cottages (backed by Vitruvian Partners) on various acquisitions, including the Pure Cottages Group.
- Acting for Black Dog Holdings on the acquisition of the Black Dog Bars group.
- Acting for 1st Leads on the acquisition of the Bingoport affiliate business from AIM listed Gaming Realms plc.
- Acting for the shareholders of City Pantry on their sale to main market listed Just Eat.
- Acting for the shareholders of MBL Seminars on their sale to Law Business Research (backed by Levine Leichtman Capital Partners).
- Acting for the shareholders of The Gate Films on their sale to Tag (part of Dentsu).
- Acting the shareholders of Onefile Ltd on their sale to Canadian software provider Harris Computer.
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Affiliations
- Member of the Law Society
James Down's Expertise
Corporate
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