
Callum James
Associate
callum.james@akingump.com
Areas of Focus
- Corporate & Finance
- Private Equity Transactions
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
- Projects & Energy Transition
- Energy & Infrastructure
Biography
- Advises a variety of private equity funds and multinational corporations on M&A, joint ventures and general corporate matters and has experience in a variety of sectors.
Callum is an associate in the corporate practice of the London office.
His practice concentrates on cross-border mergers & acquisitions (M&A) and private equity transactions.
Representative Work
- Advised The Carlyle Group on its agreement to acquire Altera Infrastructure Group’s FPSO (Floating Production, Storage and Offloading) business from Brookfield Asset Management.
- Advised Discover Exploration Limited, an upstream energy company backed by funds managed by The Carlyle Group, on its sale of a company with interests in the Gateway to the Ems1 project on the boundary of the Dutch and German sectors of the North Sea, to Tenaz Energy.
- Advised Intrum AB on a €1 billion asset sale to Cerberus Capital Management.
- Advised Nexperia BV on the $177 million sale of Newport Wafer Fab, the UK’s largest semiconductor manufacturer.
- Advised Mubadala Capital, the wholly owned asset management subsidiary of Mubadala Investment Company, on its acquisition of a majority stake in Bugaboo Group, a global market-leader in strollers and premium children’s consumer products.
- Advised Bain Capital Special Situations in the £1.2 billion investment it co-led with Pollen Street Capital in the merger between The Markerstudy Group and Atlanta Group.
EducationL.P.C., University of Law, London, 2021
LL.M., University of Bristol, 2020
B.Sc., University of Bristol, 2018
L.P.C., University of Law, London, 2021
LL.M., University of Bristol, 2020
B.Sc., University of Bristol, 2018
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