James McDonald > Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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James McDonald
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Work Department
Capital Markets
Position
Partner
Career
James McDonald concentrates in corporate finance transactions, focusing on international offerings of securities, including high-yield debt offerings. His transactional experience includes representing issuers and underwriters on a broad range of corporate finance transactions in Europe and the United States.
Memberships
- Massachusetts
- New York
Education
- J.D., Boston University School of Law, 1998
- M.B.A., Boston University School of Management, 1999
- B.A., Cornell University, 1993
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > High yield
(Leading partners)James McDonald –Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP handles a diverse mix of high yield work for lenders and borrowers, private equity sponsors, issuers and underwriters, be it new issuance, bridge financings, leveraged acquisitions, refinancing or recapitalisations. The firm’s integrated M&A and finance practices make leveraged finance a key focus, though the London office is also able to advise on regulatory and compliance matters under both English and US law. European head of capital markets Danny Tricot oversees the firm’s high yield work, for which James McDonald is the standout partner. Tricot assisted Ashtead Group with a $750m notes offering, while McDonald acted for passenger and freight ferry operator Stena on a cash offer for $265m in notes. Pranav Trivedi, whose work includes IPOs, privatisations and cross-border M&A, also plays a key role in high yield bond offerings.
London > Finance > Debt capital markets
At Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP, ‘the team covers all aspects of DCM work and is very professional in how it deals with even the most complex structures‘. The firm acts for issuers, underwriters and many other market participants in complex, cross-border deals, notably Yankee bonds, and it has considerable English and US law capability in the London office. ‘We have been impressed with the thoroughness of the document production and their proactive project management‘, says a client of the practice led by European head of capital markets Danny Tricot, who recently acted for world-leading medical technology business Becton, Dickinson and Company on the establishment of its its $2.75bn multi-currency euro commercial paper programme. US capital markets partner James McDonaldand associate James Michelson, who assisted Tricot with Nokia’s €700m tender offer for notes issued under its EMTN programme, are key players in the practice.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > Finance > High yield
- Debt capital markets London > Finance
- High yield London > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
Firm Rankings
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Finance > High yield
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition