James Pascoe
Associate
James Pascoe is an associate within the global Corporate Practice in London. He covers both UK and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity and general corporate advice. His experience includes acting for private equity houses, portfolio businesses, and management teams selling to private equity. James is of British-Taiwanese dual heritage and is a Mandarin speaker.
- Acting for Intragen (backed by FPE Capital) on its acquisition of AspisID B.V.
- Acting for Volpi Capital on the acquisition of US-based identity consulting firm Integral Partners and the acquisition of Benelux identity access management specialist Grabowsky, each through its portfolio company, Xalient.
- Acting for Knighthead Capital on the purchase of a 45% equity stake in Championship football club Birmingham City and full ownership of St Andrew’s stadium through its affiliate Shelby Companies Limited.
- Acting for Macmillan Publishers International on its acquisition of independent publisher Harriman House.
- Acting for H.I.G. Capital on its acquisition of CPS Building Services, the platform acquisition for the Andwis Group.
- Acting for the CSL Group on its strategic acquisition of Caburn Telecom.
- Acting for LMAX Group on the completion of its US$300 million investment by J.C.Flowers & Co. LLC in 2022, and on LMAX Group’s strategic investment in Black Bull Global Limited as well as its acquisition of FX HedgePool, each in 2024.
- Acting for Altrad on the acquisition of Sparrows Group, an engineering provider in the offshore energy and renewables sector.
- Acting for the Harnham Group on its investment by the Business and Growth Fund.
- Acting for the PEI Media Group on various corporate matters.
- Acting for EDF on various corporate matters.
Education
- BPP University, Legal Practice Course, 2019
- BBP University, Graduate Diploma in Law, 2018
- University of Cambridge, Jesus College, M.Phil., Economic & Social History, 2016
- University of York, BA Hons, History, 2015
Admissions
- England and Wales, 2021
Languages
- English
- Mandarin
- French
- Mentioned in a client testimonial in The Legal 500 UK 2023