James specializes in M&A and private equity transactions, including buyouts, venture
capital, financings, restructurings and related corporate governance matters. He regularly
advises private equity funds, their portfolio companies and management teams. James has
extensive cross-border experience working with Canadian, United States, European and
Asian investors and companies, works with clients in a broad range of industries including
manufacturing, technology, energy, consumer products, agriculture and financial services.
James joined Bennett Jones after seven years in New York and London, where he practised
corporate law with a leading New York-based law firm.

James is a member of the Board of Directors of the I Can For Kids Foundation, a Calgarybased
charitable organization whose mission is to end summer childhood hunger in the
community, and the Board of Directors of the Association for Corporate Growth, Calgary
chapter, part of a global community of middle-market M&A deal-makers and business
leaders focused on driving growth.

James served as co-editor in chief of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review and
was president of the University of Toronto Students’ Law Society. James is admitted to
practice in Alberta and New York.