EXPERIENCE

James' select representations include: 

• Acceleron Pharma on its $11.5 billion sale to Merck.
• Accenture on its $830 million disposal of Navitaire to Amadeus.
• Advent International on its $4.25 billion co-investment with Warburg Pincus in BaxterInternational Inc.’s BioPharma Solutions business.
• Apollo Global Management on its $6.3 billion acquisition of International Game Technology's gaming and digital business IGT Gaming and Everi Holdings.
• Bain Capital on its £414 million acquisition of Ibstock Brick and Glen Gery Corporation.
• Bain Capital and Cinven on their €5.3 billion joint public takeover of STADA Arzneimittel.
• Baring Private Equity Asia on:
  • its $7 billion sale to EQT Group;
  • its acquisition of Cue Group; and
  • the sale of the global surgical business of Lumenis to Boston Scientific.
• Bloomberg on its acquisition of Broadway Technology.
• CapVest on the carve-out acquisition from Mallinckrodt of its global nuclear imaging radiopharmaceuticals division.
• The Carlyle Group and CITIC on their $2.08 billion acquisition of the majority stake in the master franchisee for McDonald’s in China and Hong Kong.
• Golden Gate Capital on its:
  • $1.215 billion acquisition of ANGUS Chemical Company;
  • $2.9 billion acquisition of Neustar; and
  • $2.5 billion investment by Koch Industries in Infor, Inc.
• McAfee Corp on the:
  • $14 billion sale of its Consumer business to an investor group comprising Advent International, Permira, Crosspoint Capital, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, GIC and ADIA; and
  • $4 billion sale of its Enterprise division to Symphony Technology Group.
• Solera, a digital technology group part-owned by Vista Equity Partners, on its £340 million acquisition of Autodata.
• Spectrum Brands on its $2 billion carve-out sale of its global consumer battery business (Varta & Rayovac) to Energizer.
• Sun Capital on its acquisition of Finlays Horticulture Investments.
• TA Associates, Vista Equity Partners and Aptean on a strategic growth investment by Charlesbank Capital Partners.
• TPG on its:
  • acquisition of AmSpec Group; and
  • $6.5 billion co-investment with Francisco Partners in New Relic.
• Triton Partners on its acquisition of the tour operating activities of Corendon and its subsequent combination with Sunweb.
• Tronox on its $2.2 billion acquisition of Cristal’s titanium dioxide business (Phase II).
• Vista Equity Partners on:
  • its $1.6 billion acquisition of Infoblox;
  • its acquisition of joint control of Allocate Software with Hg Capital;
  • the acquisition of Farelogix Inc. by its portfolio company Accelya; and
  • its $1.65 billion acquisition of Cvent.