James Dunnett is a banking lawyer based in London. He focuses on acquisition finance, corporate debt, fund financings and restructuring.

James acts for banks, funds, sponsors, financial institutions and corporates on domestic and cross-border leveraged buy-outs, bid financings, structured loans, fund financings and restructurings. He has considerable experience in structuring deals in jurisdictions which are challenging for creditors and in emerging markets.  James has acted for both borrowers and creditors on unitranche, super senior and mezzanine financings and has been involved in several successful restructurings of leveraged buyouts. In his time at the firm he has also developed significant expertise in advising on the debt aspects of public M&A transactions and on corporate loans for listed entities.

James joined the London practice in 1997 and became a partner in 2005.