Simmons & Simmons

James specialises in advising asset managers on the establishment and ongoing maintenance of investment vehicles.

He has significant experience assisting clients with the establishment of a variety of fund types, ranging from broadly offered retail funds to private funds aimed at small groups of sophisticated investors and family offices, across every major asset class, liquid and illiquid, and also in respect of digital assets. James has advised in relation to the establishment of funds structured as companies, unit trusts, limited partnerships, common contractual funds, as well as umbrella fund structures and master feeder structures.

He has advised in relation to the establishment of investment structures domiciled in a number of jurisdictions including Ireland, Luxembourg, the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, Bermuda and Hong Kong and has advised managers based in a variety of jurisdictions including the U.K, the U.S., Ireland, the E.U., Switzerland, Latin America, Hong Kong, the People’s Republic of China, Japan, Singapore and Taiwan.