James Macdonald

James qualified as a solicitor in 2001 at Wimbledon based practice Peacock & Co. He then moved to an international law firm spending 4 years in their offices in Sao Paulo, Brazil and then was based in their London offices. He subsequently moved to Oxford to work for a leading regional firm for a number of years and then moved to become head of company and commercial at a practice based in London before joining Spratt Endicott.

James specialises in domestic and cross border mergers and acquisitions. He also regularly deals with business asset sales, corporate finance work, shareholders agreements, joint ventures, investment agreements, and commercial contracts such as distribution agreements and agency agreements.

Recent work highlights:

• Acted for the shareholders of an English holding company in the sale of the entire share capital for £4 million where the target had subsidiaries or connected entities in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and the Philippines.
• Acted on a termination of joint venture where Singapore based clients were paying US$12.4 million to buy out their joint venture partner.
• Prepared international distribution agreement for paint coatings product from USA on behalf of UK distributor and also advised same client on the provision of sub-distributor agreements in Europe and Asia.
• Acted for sellers in sale of entire share capital of events company for £5 million.Acted for buyers in purchase of a hotel in Hereford for £3 million.
• Acting for sellers in the sale of a number of estate agencies.
• Advising lender on loan agreements and security for a number of property ventures.

Articles & publications:

Contributor to two World Bank publications:
Doing Business 2010: Reforming through difficult times:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QJlaRWBUDnYC&pg=PA213&lpg=PA213&dq=james+macdonald+noronha+advogados+world+bank&source=bl&ots=HV8PHvgAYR&sig=ACfU3U37Zfj5IAnxx36ZW7jK0n1x27_NXg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjV2J7bmavyAhW2QkEAHQopBjMQ6AF6BAgUEAM#v=onepage&q=james macdonald noronha advogados world bank&f=false

Doings Business 2011: Making a difference for entrepreneurs
https://issuu.com/world.bank.publications/docs/9780821379608/261

Top Tips for Selling your Business, February 2021 addition
https://twmagazines.co.uk/tw11-issues/tw11-february-2021/