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Overview
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Experience
Introduction
James advises corporates, sponsors and investment banks on high-value public and private M&A, equity capital markets and corporate advisory matters.
James Fletcher is a partner in the corporate department in London and co-head of Corporate in EMEA. He advises corporates, sponsors and investment banks across a range of sectors, in particular the technology, retail, consumer & leisure, and energy sectors. He focuses on complex domestic and cross-border public and private M&A, JVs, equity capital markets transactions and corporate advisory work. He has particular expertise in advising public companies, including on bid defense, board matters, corporate governance and their listed company obligations.
His recent experience includes advising: Carnival Corporation and plc on the unification of their dual listed company structure and redomiciliation to Bermuda; Pango Group on its $1.7 billion merger with Total Security to form Point Wild; Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC in relation to its £7 billion takeover by Clayton, Dubillier & Rice; Foresight on its £210 million takeover of Harmony Energy Income Trust plc; Oxford Instruments plc on the sale of its quantum business; and Bosch on its acquisition of FIVE AI.
- Carnival Corporation and Plc | Lead partner | 2026 | Advising in relation to the unification of its dual listed company structure and redomiciliation to Bermuda.
- Pango Group | Lead partner | 2025 | advising on its $1.7 billion merger with Total Security to form Point Wild.
- Foresight | Lead partner | 2025 | Advising on the takeover of Harmony Energy Income Trust plc by FEIP II, a Foresight managed fund.
- Oxford Instruments plc | Lead partner | 2025 | Advising on the sale of its quantum business, NanoScience.
- Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC | Lead partner | 2021 | in relation to its £7 billion takeover by Clayton, Dubillier & Rice, LLP.
- Volac International Limited | Lead partner | 2024 | advising on the sale of Volac Whey Nutrition Holdings Limited and its 50% JV interest in MV Ingredients Limited to Arla.
- Bosch | Lead partner | 2022 | on its acquisition of the autonomous driving startup FIVE AI.
- Next Fifteen Communications Group Plc | Lead partner | 2022 | Advising in relation to its attempted £310 million recommended cash and share acquisition of M&C Saatchi Plc.
- Jefferies International Limited | Lead partner | 2025 | on the £540 million takeover of International Personal Finance plc, a leading provider of consumer credit products, by BasePoint.
- Eastdil Secured International Limited | Lead partner | 2024 | on the £674 million takeover of Balanced Commercial Property Trust Limited by Starwood Capital Group.
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