Stuart James is a partner in our Abu Dhabi office
Stuart specialises in major cross-border and domestic transactions in the energy, resources and infrastructure sectors, including mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments, joint ventures and commodity sales and marketing arrangements, in addition to general corporate and commercial matters.
He has extensive experience advising multinational corporates, institutional investors and state-owned enterprises on their strategic transactions around the world, particularly in the Middle East and Asia-Pacific regions.
Stuart has significant international and in-house experience, having previously practised as a corporate/M&A lawyer in London, Sydney and Perth, and having worked on a secondment basis with Mitsui, BHP, Woodside and Bank of America.
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News Ashurst advises ADNOC on landmark clean energy and decarbonization transaction
10 Oct 2022
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News Ashurst advises Al Mutlaq Group on JV with The Red Sea Development Company for Red Sea Project
05 Jul 2022
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14 Sep 2021
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News Ashurst advised on five prizewinning deals at The Asset Triple A Infrastructure Awards
16 Aug 2021
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News Ashurst advised on eleven prize winning deals at IJGlobal Awards 2020
30 Jun 2021
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News Ashurst advises Abu Dhabi Catalyst Partners on Strategic Partnership with Alphastream
22 Jun 2021
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News Ashurst named Corporate Team of the Year at The Middle East Legal Awards 2021
11 Jun 2021
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