Navigating rough waters.
While the legal process is a complicated one, James simplifies it for his clients. By identifying the obstacles that stand in the way of what they want to accomplish, he develops and implements a solution that solves the problem at the least cost and with the least amount of side effects, while getting it done right the first time.
Areas of practice
- Property and Real Estate Development
- Corporate/Commercial
- Financial Services
- Securities/Corporate Finance
- Owner – Managed Business
- Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency
- Government Regulations
- Property development (Real Estate; Land Use Planning/Municipal)
- Banking
BAR ADMISSION(S)
Prince Edward Island, 1980
LAW SOCIETY(IES)
Law Society of Prince Edward Island
EDUCATION
Dalhousie University, LL.B., 1980
Dalhousie University, B.Comm., 1977
QUEEN'S COUNSEL
1998
ACTIVITIES
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
- Director, Fathers of Confederation Building Trust, 2006-present
- Director, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Foundation, 1998-present
- Secretary, Childrens’ Wish Foundation of Canada, 1997-present
LANGUAGE(S)
English
LEXPERT RATINGS
Banking (Including Financial Institutions Regulatory Law)
Property Development (Real Estate; Land Use Planning / Municipal)
MARTINDALE-HUBBELL RATINGS
BV
EXTERNAL RATINGS
- Best Lawyers' 2012 Charlottetown Real Estate Law Lawyer of the Year
- Best Lawyers: Banking and Finance, 2006, 2008-2012
- Best Lawyers: Corporate Law, 2006, 2008-2012
- Best Lawyers: Insolvency and Financial Restructuring, 2006, 2008-2012
- Best Lawyers: Real Estate Law, 2008-2012