James R. Howe is a leading mergers and acquisitions attorney focused on advising private equity funds and financial investors on the execution of complex cross border transactions. Private Equity News included him in its list of the “Twenty Most Influential Private Equity Lawyers” in Europe, recognizing him as “a prolific dealmaker.”
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Work Highlights
James’ most recent experience includes the representation of:
- Astorg in its €1.3 billion acquisition of IQ-EQ
- Apax and Warburg Pincus on their $6 billion acquisition of T-Mobile Netherlands
- Apax in its investments in ClearBank, Faculty and Tide Holdings
- Bruin Capital in its sale of Deltatre and acquisitions of Sportseen, ISG Media, Oddshecker and TRM Partners
- Lone Star in its €1 billion acquisition of Manuchar NV
- Oakley Capital in its acquisition of Phenna Group and CTS Group, transactions value at over £1 billion
- Silver Lake in its acquisition of Facile.it and KKR's minority investment in Cegid and its investment in Exact at an enterprise value of €3.1 billion and its €600 million investment in TeamSystem
Accolades
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Named to Private Equity News’ list of the “Twenty Most Influential Private Equity Lawyers” for 2023
Education
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BPP Law School, 2005 LPC
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City University, London, 2004 GDL
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University of Oxford, 2003 BA Hons
Associations
- Law Society of England and Wales
James R. Howe is a leading mergers and acquisitions attorney focused on advising private equity funds and financial investors on the execution of complex cross border transactions. Private Equity News included him in its list of the “Twenty Most Influential Private Equity Lawyers” in Europe, recognizing him as “a prolific dealmaker.”
James’ most recent experience includes the representation of:
- Astorg in its €1.3 billion acquisition of IQ-EQ
- Apax and Warburg Pincus on their $6 billion acquisition of T-Mobile Netherlands
- Apax in its investment in ClearBank
- Apax in its investment in Faculty
- Apax in its investment in Tide Holdings
- Bruin Capital in its sale of Deltatre
- Bruin Capital in its acquisition of Sportseen
- Bruin Capital in its acquisition of ISG Media
- Bruin Capital in its acquisition of Oddschecker
- Bruin Capital in its acquisition of TRM Partners
- EQT in its investment in Bought By Many
- Five Arrows Principal Investments in its investment in Causeway Technologies
- Lone Star in its €1 billion acquisition of Manuchar NV
- Mid-Europa in its acquisition of Regina Maria
- Oakey Capital in its acquisition of Phenna Group and CTS Group, transactions value at over £1 billion
- Silver Lake in its acquisition of Facile.it
- Silver Lake in connection with KKR’s minority investment in Cegid
- Silver Lake in its investment in Exact at an enterprise value of €3.1 billion
- Silver Lake in its €600 million investment in TeamSystem
James received his B.A. in History & Politics from Lincoln College, Oxford University, where he was the Queen’s Scholar. He completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Law at City University, London and received his Diploma in Legal Practice from BPP Law School. James is admitted to practice in England and Wales.