James' selected representative experience* includes the following:

Internal investigations

• Providing legal support and advice to an oil and gas conglomerate in relation to an internal investigation into potential misconduct by its joint venture subsidiary based in Southeast Asia.
• Advised the audit committee of the board of directors of a NASDAQ-listed, China-based leading urban air mobility technology platform company in an independent internal investigation into allegations made in a short seller report and issues raised by its auditor.
• Advised a U.S.-listed Southeast Asia-based technology company on bribery allegations involving newly acquired Malaysian subsidiary.
• Advised a U.S.-listed life sciences company to conduct multiple internal investigations into allegations of distributor fraud, bribery, employee embezzlement, and sample misuse across a variety of jurisdictions, including Australia, China, Japan, Malaysia, and South Africa.*

Sanctions/export controls

• Providing sanctions due diligence and advice to a global oil and gas conglomerate regarding the potential acquisition of a majority stake in an African petroleum company.
• Advised number of individuals in a joint U.S. DOJ/OFAC/BIS investigation into alleged violations of U.S. trade sanctions by a Chinese telecom company.*
• Advised a global oil and gas conglomerate on sanctions and export control risks regarding multiple joint ventures in China with Chinese state-owned and private entities.
• Advised a Taiwanese electronics manufacturer on export controls issues arising from product shipments to China.

Compliance

• Provided compliance due diligence and legal advice to a leading independent power producer with regards to the potential development of a solar project in Southeast Asia.
• Advised an Indonesian JV in the mining sector on drafting its supplier code of conduct and the establishment of its compliance program to meet international compliance standards and US laws and regulations.
• Advised a global investment bank on pre-acquisition compliance due diligence, transactional documentation, and post-acquisition compliance implementation for portfolio companies and investments.
• Assisted multiple private equity funds to create and implement anti-corruption, AML and sanctions compliance programs for portfolio companies and investments.

Litigation and Arbitration

• Representation of a subsidiary of a state-owned financial asset management company in China, in confirming a CIETAC arbitration award in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
• Representation of a Hong Kong based conglomerate in parallel proceedings in Hong Kong and the U.S. regarding corporate fraud and civil RICO allegations.*
• Representation of a South Korea-based diversified heavy industry conglomerate in enforcing a China judgment in Hong Kong courts against Hong Kong assets.
• Representation of a petitioner, a large Chinese distressed asset fund, in a bankruptcy case in one of the few successful interim receiver applications within the English courts. Acting in related probate proceedings.
• Representation of a multinational U.S.-listed company in an international arbitration at the HKIAC involving a dispute with a Chinese battery supplier.*
• Representation of an individual defendant before the SEC regarding allegations of insider trading.*

* Includes experience prior to joining White & Case