Biography
James Murrie advises clients on complex cross border corporate transactions and investment fund matters. He acts for leading investment managers and private equity sponsors on structuring and formation of investment funds, downstream acquisitions and divestments, exits and end-of-life issues. He also advises large public and private corporates on a range of matters, including initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate reorganisations, preferred equity financings and special purpose acquisition companies. Prior to joining Walkers, James worked in the Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity, Equity Capital Markets team of the Melbourne office of leading Australian law firm, MinterEllison. In this role, he gained broad experience in mergers and acquisitions, capital market transactions, private equity investments, corporate restructures and corporate advisory acting for medium to large private and publicly listed Australian and international companies across a range of sectors.