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James Twigg

James Twigg is a partner in the Corporate and Investment Funds Group in Walkers' Singapore office.

He has represented clients across the Asia-Pacific region on:

  • High-value mergers and acquisitions
  • Equity capital raisings
  • Private equity and venture capital investments
  • Joint ventures
  • Pre IPO investments
  • US IPOs (including SPACs and deSPACs) and general corporate and governance matters

He also regularly advises investment managers and institutional investors on the establishment of:

  • Hedge funds
  • Private equity and venture capital funds
  • Co-investment and alternative investment structures

Experience and recent work

Prior to joining Walkers in 2012, James worked as a corporate lawyer at Clifford Chance in Hong Kong, Skadden and Slaughter and May in London and at Chapman Tripp in New Zealand. At each of these firms, James advised a broad range of corporate, private equity and governmental clients on a variety of international and domestic transactions.

Qualifications

Admitted in:

  • Bermuda, Registered Associate
  • British Virgin Islands
  • England and Wales (not practising)
  • New Zealand (not practising)


Education:

  • LLB (Honours) (First Class), University of Otago, New Zealand
  • BA, University of Otago, New Zealand

2025 Chambers Asia Pacific - Up and Coming - "I have worked with James Twigg on numerous transactions and can always trust him to deliver timely, commercial and well-considered advice. He is knowledgeable, professional and very friendly."

2024 Legal 500 Asia Pacific – Leading Individual

2023 Legal 500 Asia Pacific – Leading Individual

2022 Legal 500 Asia Pacific – noted for high-value M&A and venture capital fundraisings

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