Monckton Chambers

James is a competition law specialist with strong experience in EU law. James is an experienced practitioner, originally qualifying as a New York attorney in 2000. A former référendaire at the General Court of the EU, he was a member of the European Commission’s Legal Service for 5 years. He has also worked as a solicitor at a leading London law firm.

Called 2014; New York Attorney 2001. Having qualified as an attorney in 2001, James worked as a litigation associate at a major international law firm in New York for a number of years. He has experience working on contentious issues in a number of different jurisdictions. He also worked as a referendaire to Judge John D. Cooke at the General Court in Luxembourg, covering a broad range of EU law cases.

French (fluent), Irish (fluent).

1999-2000: Harvard Law School (Cambridge, US) – LL.M.

1997-1998: College of Europe (Bruges, Belgium) – Masters in EU Law.

1993-1997: Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) – LL.B. (First Class Honours in both final years).