James is a solicitor advocate whose practice covers arbitration, commercial litigation and investigations. His work to date has ranged across issues of public international law, financial litigation, shareholder disputes, general commercial, energy and commodities, telecoms, insurance, aviation and international trade in Africa, China, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. More recently, his practice has focused on financial and shareholder disputes alongside issues of defamation.
James is a keen advocate and has appeared in the English High Court and arbitral hearings. He has acted in disputes under the major arbitral institutions, including the ICC, LCIA, UNICTRAL, ICSID and DIAC, as well as in the Commercial Court and Technology & Construction Court in London. The majority of James’s matters are cross-jurisdictional, having acted as international co-counsel in East Africa, Ireland, Mexico, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Spain, the United Arab Emirates and the United States.
Outside of his commercial practice, James is heavily involved in pro bono work; most notably by representing litigants-in-person in the High Court through the Chancery Litigants-In-Person Scheme and in the First Tier Tribunal (Social Security) Chamber.