ProfessionalsJames King
Partner
Tel: +44-20-7601-8640
Fax: +44-20-7681-2320
jking@paulweiss.com
email+44-20-7601-8640
A partner in the Corporate Department and a member of the Investment Funds and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups, James King advises private fund sponsors on the full spectrum of strategic fund and sponsor transactional matters and liquidity solutions transactions, including GP minority stake transactions, fund and sponsor-level preferred equity transactions, joint ventures and other strategic acquisitions or disposals of asset management businesses, as well as the full spectrum of transactions in the private funds secondary market.
EXPERIENCE
Before joining Paul, Weiss, James’s experience included advising, among others:
- Park Square Capital on the strategic minority investment in its business by Bonaccord Capital Partners
- IK Partners on the sale of a controlling interest in the firm to Wendel
- Synova on the sale of a minority stake to Bonaccord Capital Partners
- Coller Capital on the strategic minority investment from Hunter Point Capital
- PAI Partners on the strategic minority investment in its business by Dyal Capital
- Basalt Infrastructure Partners on the strategic investment made by Colliers into Basalt
- 17Capital on the strategic partnership with Oaktree, under which it sold a majority stake to Oaktree
- Montana Capital Partners on its sale to PGIM, the global asset management business of Prudential Financial
- CapVest in connection with the single-asset GP-led secondary transaction involving Curium Pharma
- Helios Holdings on its combination with Fairfax Africa Holdings
- Nordic Capital on the strategic minority investment by Ottawa Avenue Private Capital in the firm