Partner
A seasoned fund formation practitioner with global experience, James partners with his clients to achieve optimal results. James ensures that both his foreign and domestic clients’ complex, fund-related transactions are completed smoothly and efficiently.
James assists a broad range of international and Canadian clients – from global asset managers to venture capital investors – with private fund formation, fundraising and structuring. James has significant experience advising on co-investments, general partner-led restructurings and carried interest arrangements across the private capital space.
James is admitted to practice as a solicitor in England and Wales. Before joining Davies, he practised for nearly a decade at leading international law firms in London, UK, with a focus on private investment funds.
Partner
A seasoned fund formation practitioner with global experience, James partners with his clients to achieve optimal results. James ensures that both his foreign and domestic clients’ complex, fund-related transactions are completed smoothly and efficiently.
James assists a broad range of international and Canadian clients – from global asset managers to venture capital investors – with private fund formation, fundraising and structuring. James has significant experience advising on co-investments, general partner-led restructurings and carried interest arrangements across the private capital space.
James is admitted to practice as a solicitor in England and Wales. Before joining Davies, he practised for nearly a decade at leading international law firms in London, UK, with a focus on private investment funds.
BrandProject
Acted for BrandProject in connection with the formation of BrandProject Capital Fund II LP, an early-stage venture capital fund focused on making investments in next generation consumer product, service, and technology companies across North America.
PSP Investments
Acted for PSP Investments with the establishment of its new wholly-owned subsidiary, Canada Growth Fund Investment Management Inc., and the negotiations with the Government of Canada and Canada Development Investment Corporation in connection with the management of the newly-established $15-billion Canada Growth Fund.
ArcTern Partners Inc.
Acted for ArcTern Ventures in the formation of its third flagship fund, ArcTern Ventures Fund III, a US$335 million venture capital fund focused on climate technology companies around the world.
Golden Venture Partners
Acted for Golden Ventures in connection with the formation of its fifth fund, Golden Ventures V, a leading seed-stage venture capital fund investing across North America.
Persistence Capital Partners
Acted for Persistence Capital Partners in the formation of PCP MSP II, L.P., a $375-million continuation fund raised to support PCP’s investment in MedSpa Partners Inc., a leading acquirer and operator of medical aesthetics clinics in North America.
Sprott Inc.
Acted for Sprott Inc. in the formation of Sprott Private Resource Streaming and Royalty Annex Fund, a US$310-million annex fund that invests alongside Sprott’s first streaming fund, which brings the combined total assets under management of Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp. in both funds to US$1.1 billion.
Panel Moderator, CVCA Invest Canada ‘24, “Building World-Class Companies”; Montréal, QC
May 29, 2024
Continuation Funds: Key Considerations
Mar. 07, 2023 - Continuation funds, commonly referred to as General Partner (GP)-led secondaries or restructurings, have long divided sponsor and investor opinion. While a leading European pension fund investor recently described them as part of a broader industry “pyramid scheme,” others view them positively, as...
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Ontario, 2023
Solicitor, England & Wales, 2013
BPP Law School, Legal Practice Course (Commendation), 2011
BPP Law School, Postgraduate Diploma in Law (Commendation), 2010
University of Cambridge, BA (Hons.), 2009
