• Bachelor of Law (Honours), Monash University
• Bachelor of Science (Computer Science), Monash University

• Australia 1993
• New York 1997
• Victoria 1993

As a recent lateral hire, the below experience was gained while James was at a previous firm

• Silicon Quantum Computing Pty Ltd - on the establishment of Australia's first quantum computing company, with $100m co-investment by CBA, Telstra, government agencies and academic institutions
• Telstra - on Telstra's acquisitions of Silicon Valley-based Ooyala for $320m, 15% of Ten Network (via Foxtel) and numerous other strategic and bolt-on acquisitions in the payments, data analytics, e-security e-health, media and network/IT services sectors
• Advised on the establishment $150m InfaTech joint venture between Macquarie Capital and LSE-listed, Spectris plc
• Unlockd - on the proposed $200m IPO of leading mobile adtech business, Unlockd, and related shareholder arrangements and capital raisings
• HNA Group - on the proposed $400m acquisition of the refrigerated logistics business of ASX-listed AHG Limited
• Murray Goulburn - on its proposed $553m takeover of Warrnambool Cheese & Butter and $500m capital restructure and IPO
• Advised numerous venture capital investments by Acorn Capital, Telstra Ventures and others including in Nimble (payments), enepath and OneVue (financial services), iBuy and Redbubble (ecommerce), Amaysim (telco)
• Advised on numerous technology deals for international technology companies, including Space Systems Loral (US$620m satellite sale to NBN), Illumina (global leader in genomics), Wolfson Microsystems (consumer microelectronics) and Recommind (enterprise search technology)
• Acted on the sale of AXA APH's Taiwanese life insurance business to AEGON
• Charles Schwab Corporation - acted for America's largest brokerage house in relation to the establishment of an on-line brokerage in join venture with several large Japanese financial institutions 
• Acted for BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and others in relation to their $5 billion bid for Queenland Rail's below-the-rail infrastructure
• Singapore Power - in relation to its $8.5 billion consortium bid for Alinta

• Recognised as an Acritas 'Star Lawyer' following an 18-month global survey of 4,000 general counsel and industry leaders

• Harvard University – innovation case study ('Client-Centered Innovation at HSF') included in Harvard course materials
• Association of Corporate Counsel 2017 'Value Champion' – global award for leadership in value-focussed management
• Janders Dean & LexisNexis Innovation Index – 2016 legal innovation award
• Financial Times Asia Pacific – 2016 innovation awards