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James Hardy

Consultant Partner

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James is a corporate and commercial lawyer with 20 years’ experience in public and private mergers, acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures, private equity and corporate finance.

James specialises in corporate finance work, acting for both companies and brokers, and advising on public company takeovers and mergers, private acquisitions and disposals, AIM and full listings, corporate restructuring, and general corporate matters.

James acts for clients across a large variety of sectors, including media and entertainment, renewable energy, property investment funds, venture capital trusts, retail, industrial and financial services.

After spending ten years at Freshfields, James moved into partnership roles at mid-City and West End firms before joining Newlawslegal, which merged with Acuity Law in 2018. He also worked for Simpson Thacher in New York.

*James Hardy is a Consultant at Acuity Law working on a self-employed basis*

  • Public and private mergers, acquisitions and disposals (domestic [UK and US] and cross-border)
  • AIM listings and secondary fundraisings
  • Joint ventures and shareholder arrangements
  • Private equity and venture capital
  • Corporate reorganisations, demergers and share buybacks
  • General corporate, corporate finance, commercial, corporate governance
  • Advising leading pantomime producer and theatre operator, Qdos Entertainment Limited, on various corporate and commercial matters
  • Advising the owners of luxury travel and lifestyle PR agencies, Grifco PR and Ophir PR, on the sale of those companies to MMGY Global
  • Advising Pointr Limited on its venture capital funding from Livingbridge/Baronsmead VCT
  • Advising Techhub Europe Limited on its funding from a private equity fund
  • Advising Techhub Europe Limited on its funding from a private equity fund
  • Advising Finn Partners, a major US marketing agency, on various UK acquisitions
  • Advising Advance/American City Business Journals, one of the largest privately held media and publishing groups in the US, on various UK acquisitions and joint ventures
  • Advising Finn Partners, a major US marketing agency, on various UK acquisitions
  • Advised Business Systems (UK) Limited and its shareholders in connection with an investment by private equity house August Equity
  • The Corporate Team is ranked Tier 1 in The Legal 500
  • The Corporate Team is ranked Band 1 by Chambers and Partners

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