Insurance, securities, M&A, corporate governance.

James Scoville is a corporate partner whose practice focuses on securities matters and capital markets transactions. He advises both issuers and underwriters in U.S.-registered and global offerings, with particular experience working on listings on the London Stock Exchange and U.S. exchanges by Russian, Chinese and other emerging market companies, as well as representing insurance companies and underwriters in insurance company securities offerings.

Qualified New York 1988; associate Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York and London 1987 to date; partner 1996 to date. Mr. Scoville served as Managing Partner for Debevoise’s London office from 2005 to 2013.

Bar Association of the City of New York; American Bar Association; International Bar Association; New York State Bar Association.

Dartmouth College (1983 AB cum laude with honours); University of Chicago Law School (1987 JD Hons).