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James is a busy junior with a broad commercial chancery practice, which focuses on domestic and international commercial disputes, arbitration, trusts & offshore litigation.

He has a breadth of experience of very high-profile commercial litigation: he is regularly instructed in the Chancery Division and Commercial Court and has appeared (led) in the Court of Appeal, Privy Council and Supreme Court. He also has experience on matters relating to a number of different offshore jurisdictions including The Bahamas, Guernsey, Bermuda and the British Virgin Islands.

Previous Employment

Lecturer in Law, Jesus College Oxford (2016 – 2017) – Tutor of European Union Law (teaching undergraduates at Jesus College, Oxford and Regent’s Park College, Oxford) Lecturer in Law, Jesus College Oxford (2015 – 2016) – Tutor of Contract Law (teaching undergraduates at Jesus College, Oxford) Lecturer in Law, Jesus College Oxford (2015 – 2016) – Tutor of Human Rights Law (teaching postgraduates and finalist undergraduates of the Law Faculty of Oxford University) Lecturer in Law, Jesus College Oxford (2015 – 2016) – Tutor of Criminal Law (teaching first year undergraduates at Jesus College, Oxford and Trinity College, Oxford)

Research Assistance and Italian Experience

James is bilingual in Italian and has worked as a:

Research Assistant to Professor Guido Alpa (Professor of Civil Law, La Sapienza University, Rome) and Professor Mads Andenas KC (Hon) (Professor of Law, University of Oslo and former UN Special Rapporteur on arbitrary detention). James assisted in translating and editing Alpa & Andenas, “Fondamenti del diritto privato europeo” (“Foundations of European Private Law”) from the original Italian into English. Research Assistant to Prof. Attila Tanzi, Professor of International Law, University of Bologna (edited the English translation of his book on International Law).

James is bilingual in Italian and a native speaker.

Chancery Bar Association (ChBA) Contentious Trusts Association (ConTra) Commercial Bar Association (Combar) Administrative Law Bar Association (ALBA)

2016 – 2017 – MPhil in Law, Jesus College, Oxford University (graduation 2022)

2015 – 2016 – BPTC, BPP University (Holborn, London) – Outstanding

2014 – 2015 – Bachelor of Civil Law, Jesus College, Oxford University – Distinction

2010 – 2014 – BA in Law with Law Studies in Europe (Italian Law), Jesus College, Oxford University– First Class Honours