Arbor Law

James is a senior commercial contracts lawyer of more than 20 years standing. He has considerable experience in the FMCG, tech/telco, payment and online gaming industries and a  long-standing track record in IT/Tech, cloud services, as well as BPO.

Since 2007, James has developed a particular specialism as a payment processing lawyer, supporting both large and small online merchants as well as leading payment providers within the UK, EEA and beyond. He advises on merchant acquiring, alternative payments, open banking and some scheme work, including critical vendor and partnership arrangements, as well as certain compliance and operational issues.

After qualifying as a solicitor with Slaughter and May, James worked in NGO, Government and inter-government (UNHCR) roles as legal adviser at different levels. He went on to perform various senior, in-house legal roles within the ISP/Telco, FMCG (Nestlé Group) and online gaming industries, covering UK and international commercial contract work. Since 2007 James has provided legal consultancy services for FMCG, tech, gaming and payment industry clients operating in the UK, Europe and further afield.

English, Spanish

Outside of his professional life, James enjoys yoga (in year 3 of a 4 year coaching course), as well as continuing his 20 year battle to improve his Spanish.