Overview
James is a Managing Associate in Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations, specialising in investigations, commercial litigation and GenAI.
He has a wealth of experience advising FTSE 250 companies on high-stakes bribery and corruption investigations involving the SFO, DOJ, and other global regulators, including a year on secondment to the SFO.
James is also a commercial litigator with experience in first instance, Competition Appeal Tribunal, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court proceedings.
James combines his legal practice with technological insight and deep GenAI expertise, having developed a firm-wide GenAI billing tool now being adopted across all Linklaters offices. He advises clients on both legal and practical aspects of GenAI integration and regularly speaks and writes on the impact of GenAI on the legal profession.
Work highlights
James’ recent matters include:
- Amec Foster Wheeler: advising in relation to the Serious Fraud Office’s investigation into bribery and corruption allegations, including its alleged dealings with Unaoil.
- A FTSE 250 financial services firm: advising in respect of an internal investigation into bribery and corruption issues in Latin America, self-reporting and subsequent parallel investigations by the SFO, DOJ and FCA.
- A FTSE 100 company: advising in respect of an SFO’s investigation into alleged bribery and corruption issues in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
- The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (a UK Charity): advising in respect of ground breaking litigation in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court.
- A leading payment scheme: advising in respect of the management of thousands of claims brought against it in respect of multilateral interchange fees that are alleged to be anti-competitive.
- DENSO: on the group’s successful jurisdiction challenge in claims relating to alleged participation in a worldwide car parts cartel.
Education and qualifications
James studied English Literature at the University of Leeds.
