James Cross
Partner Corporate & Finance
Languages
English
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
Chambers UK, 2025James Cross is very practical and seeks to build relationships with his clients.
James is a partner in our global Private Equity team, based in the London office. With broad-ranging international corporate experience spanning over 20 years, James is “a prolific transactional adviser” (Legal 500 UK, 2024) supporting sponsor, investor, and portfolio company clients throughout the investment lifecycle.
James advises clients on all forms of private equity transactions, including buy-outs, secondary transactions, restructurings and bolt-on acquisitions. He guides both investors and management across a number of sectors, including technology, manufacturing and industrials, education, healthcare, financial services, consumer, and business services.
James has advised numerous private equity sponsors on auction processes/bids. He also has particular experience acting for management teams. With an international practice, he frequently advises investors on cross-border acquisitions and investments, and on complex corporate carve-outs.
Chambers UK, 2025James is comprehensive in his advice and considerations whilst being highly commercial in his views, thereby helping us operate efficiently and effectively.
Representative experience
Soho Square Capital on its structured minority growth investment in Assured Data Protection, a managed-service provider focused on backup and disaster recovery.*
August Equity on its investment in StarTraq, a leading compliance software business providing solutions for offence processing, licensing, and permitting.*
Inspirit Capital on the carve-out of CWind, a leading provider of offshore wind support services, from Global Marine Group.*
Piper PE LLP on its investment in Ancient + Brave, a mission-driven wellness brand.*
Falfurrias Capital Partners on its investment in international media agency Brainlabs.*
Soho Square Capital on its investment and partnership with xDesign, a rapidly growing digital consultancy.*
August Equity portfolio company StarTraq on its acquisition of leading GovTech business Farthest Gate.*
Flywheel Partners on its investment in Freshcut Foods, the UK’s leading producer of high-added value plant-based ingredients.*
The management team of Improve International Group on Levine Leichtman Capital Partners’ investment.*
Soho Square Capital portfolio company Arcus FM on its acquisition of Trios Group from Rcapital.*
Aurelius portfolio company CTD Tiles on the add-on acquisition of 13 UK branches from Tile Giant.*
Orangewood Partners on its investment in Barrington James, a leading global recruitment firm that primarily serves the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device sectors.*
August Equity portfolio company Air IT on its acquisitions of SoConnect Limited, Scoria Limited, Silverbug Limited, and Vital Technology Group Limited.*
Grosvenor Food & AgTech on their investment in leading UK recipe box company Gousto as part of a US$230m secondary placement.*
Soho Square Capital on its investment and partnership with Oliver James, an international recruitment and consulting provider.*
Gardien Holdings on the auction sale of Ucamco N.V., the global market leader in PCB CAM and Pre-CAM software, laser photoplotters, and direct imaging systems.*
The management team of TrustQuay, a leading technology provider to the global trust, corporate, and fund services industry, by Silverfleet Capital to Hg.*
The management team of Leaders Romans Group on the acquisition of the business by Platinum Equity from existing investor Bowmark Capital.*
Go Instore, a video-powered retail platform, on its acquisition by Emplifi, a leading unified customer experience platform and a portfolio company of Audax Private Equity.*
The management team of Oakley Capital portfolio company Grupo Primavera on the strategic combination of the leading business software provider in Iberia with Cegid.*
*Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.
Credentials
- Legal Practice Course, Nottingham Law School, 2002
- LL.B., University of Essex, 2001
- Solicitor, England and Wales