McDermott Will & Schulte, a global law firm

Prior to joining McDermott Will & Schulte, James trained and practiced as a senior associate at an international law firm, working on a range of investigations by the SFO, FCA, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) and a number of overseas agencies.  James also spent over two years working at a major litigation funder, focusing on consumer class actions and group claims, gaining a deep understanding of the funding industry and economics, claimant-side strategy and the funnel from regulatory investigations to civil claims.

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• Drafting an independent report into the causes of a UK retail bank’s services outage arising out of the migration of its legacy banking system*
• Acting for a ‘Big Four’ accountancy firm during an investigation by its professional regulator into its conflicts policies and procedures*

Litigation and Commercial Disputes

• Defending a large semiconductor manufacturer in a follow-on competition damages claim arising out of the European Commission’s DRAM infringement decision*
• Defending a global marketing and advertising firm in High Court litigation relating to alleged breach of warranty and fraudulent misrepresentation*
• Defending a UK magic circle law firm in a claim brought by liquidators in the context of a contentious insolvency*
• Advising a FTSE 100 company in a dispute with its joint venture partner, concluding in successful settlement via mediation*

Litigation Funding

• Working on the ‘dieselgate’ emissions group litigation against various vehicle manufacturers in relation to their use of allegedly unlawful emissions defeat devices*
• Working on the ‘interchange’ litigation against Visa and Mastercard in relation to their use of multilateral interchange fees*
• Working on a competition damages class action against a major e-commerce company in relation to its use of ‘most favoured nation’ clauses with third-party sellers on its e-commerce platform*
• Working on a number of data privacy class actions in the UK and under the Dutch WAMCA regime*

*Matter handled prior to joining the firm.

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