James Cripps

• T   +44 (0)20 7090 3239 (Direct line)
• E  james.cripps@slaughterandmay.com

• London 
• One Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8YY

James’ practice is concentrated on:

• asset management, including the structuring of investment, property, hedge and mutual funds and the establishment, structuring, purchase and sale of asset management businesses
• public and private equity collective investment vehicles and financial products, including in particular for cross-border and multi-jurisdictional activities
• alternative investments (private equity, property and hedge funds) and he has advised on numerous placements, IPOs and acquisition and fund and business restructurings and insolvencies around the world 
• compliance, regulatory and custody matters and his clients include listed and unlisted and specialist and general investment companies and investment trusts, their managers and investors

Highlights include advising on the:

• establishment, launch and C share issue for Fidelity China Special Situations, Anthony Bolton's new investment  trust, which raised over £650 million by a placing and public offer in March 2010 and C share issue in February 2011
• reconstruction of Electric & General Investment Trust into the UCITS Electric & General, in each case managed by THSP, in 2010/2011
• establishment and the terms of  institutional investment in, and with, 'boutique' alternative investment managers 36 South and Renshaw Bay, in 2010/11
• investment trust and company amalgamations and the launch and restructuring of investment vehicles managed by, amongst others, 3i, Consulta, Fidelity International, Fleming Family & Partners, Fabien Pictet, Henderson Global Investors, Montpelier Asset Management, Neptune Investment Management, Polar Capital and Taube Hodson Stonex Partners

James is listed as a leading individual in the Investment Funds: Open & Closed-ended Listed Funds in Chambers UK, 2012  and is a past member of the Technical Committee of the Association of Investment Trust Companies in London.