James Fox

Associate, Abu Dhabi
james.fox@whitecase.com

Biography

Overview

James is an Associate in our Global M&A and Private Equity Practice in Abu Dhabi. James advises private equity firms, corporates and other financial sponsors on a range of transactions including cross-border mergers and acquisitions, equity investments and disposals.

Bars and Courts
England and Wales, Solicitor
Education
Legal Practice Course
BPP Law School
Postgraduate Diploma in Law
BPP Law School
BSc
University of Bristol
Languages
English

Experience

Representative experience includes:

  • Advising West Burton Energy, a UK-based independent power producer owned by funds managed by EIG, a leading institutional investor in the global energy and infrastructure sectors, on its sale of power station assets to TotalEnergies for £450 million.
  • Advising the management team of Avenga, a global software engineering and consulting platform, in connection with Avenga's sale by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. and Cornerstone Investment Management L.P. to KKCG.
  • Advising the existing shareholders of Titan Wealth Holdings, including Ares Management and Maven Capital Partners, in connection with an equity investment by Parthenon Capital, a leading US-based private equity firm.
  • Advising Macquarie Asset Management in connection with the sale of its 40% stake in Hydro Dolomiti Energia, an Italian hydropower producer, with transaction terms implying a €1 billion valuation for the business.
  • Advising various financial sponsors and their portfolio companies in connection with the implementation of and amendment to their management incentive schemes.
  • Advising Vue Cinema Group on its debt restructuring and recapitalisation, as part of which ownership of the group passed to its senior lenders in exchange for the discharge of approximately £470 million of debt.