James Mee

James' practice covers international and UK M&A, both public and private, corporate finance (IPOs and secondary offerings), private equity/venture capital and joint ventures. James acts for a number of fully listed and AIM quoted companies on their corporate activity and listed company compliance matters, as well as an increasing number of management teams and selling shareholders.

Before joining RPC in 2004, James spent nine years at Freshfields, where he advised on a number of high profile M&A transactions, LBOs and IPOs, including the IPO of William Hill. He was seconded to Goldman Sachs where he worked on a number of securities and public M&A transactions, including the IPO of Yell plc.

Memberships

• BVCA

Selected directory listings

• "Clients are 'happy with the work' James Mee provides, and he is considered to be 'knowledgeable in the field'" - Chambers UK 2013
• "very commercial and solutions oriented" - The Legal 500, 2012 edition
• "credited with a strong ability to see the overall picture in a transaction" - Chambers UK 2012
• "‘excellent commercial lawyer and overall client liaison... deep technical expertise and a great negotiating style’" - The Legal 500, 2011 edition
• "James Mee has‘good knowledge of the Lloyd’s market, giving commercial, practical, advice which cannot be faulted’" - The Legal 500, 2010 edition
• "Mee's team has already made its mark on the market" - Chambers UK 2007
• "The firm has also reached the critical mass necessary for pitching for larger mid-market M&A deals by appointing James Mee as a corporate partner" - Chambers UK 2007

Examples of relevant work

• Western Canadian Coal Corp. - c.£67m public takeover of Cambrian Mining Plc
• Western Canadian Coal Corp.  - Restructuring of $27m convertible notes issued by Cambrian Mining Plc
• Ten Alps (2009) - Firm and Conditional Placing
• Western Canadian Coal Corp. - US$ 36m loan to Cambrian Mining plc
• Pembroke Managing Agency - advising the management team on its sale to Ironshore
• SCA - £100m disposal of SCA's UK and Irish conventional corrugated business
• Chaucer Holdings plc and Chaucer Syndicates - up to £15m investment in Antares Holdings and the establishment of the £135m capacity Lloyd's syndicate, Antares Syndicate 1274
• Judd Farris - acting for the selling shareholders on the sale of the Judd Farris recruitment business to MPS Group
• Serco Group plc - public takeover of Cornwell Management Consultants plc
• SCA - £350m acquisition of Proctor & Gamble's European Tissue business (UK, France, Germany and Italy) 
• Pembroke Managing Agency - advising the management team on the creation and financing of this Lloyd's managing agency to manage the £82m capacity Syndicate 4000
• Associated New Digital - acquisition of Auto Exposure
• Ten Alps plc - placing by Canaccord Adams and Collins Stewart in connection with the acquisition of McMillan-Scott
• Daily Mail and General Holdings Limited - £48m takeover of Fastcrop plc, the owner of primelocation.com
• EasyScreen plc - recommended takeover by Refco
• Elsam - £100m windfarm joint venture
• SCA  - $120m acquisition of Copamex's interest in a Mexican paper and tissue business