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James Ford is a partner in our investment funds practice in Hong Kong.

James' practice focuses on clients active in private equity and other alternative asset classes. He has extensive experience in all aspects of upstream private equity, including traditional fundraisings, secondary transactions, asset manager M&A, strategic investments and capital markets transactions.

James regularly advises clients in structuring funds and transactions to address a wide range of regulatory, tax and transactional issues and is a pioneer in the APAC secondaries market. He has strong relationships with many Asia and Middle East sovereign wealth funds through multiple engagements with respect to investment into private funds across numerous sectors, strategies and geographies.

James is recognized as a leading lawyer by the industry’s most prestigious legal publications, including Chambers Asia Pacific, Chambers Global, Legal 500, and IFLR1000.

James is qualified in Hong Kong and in England and Wales.

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James Ford recently joined Ashurst's Hong Kong office. He is often called upon by LPs seeking to invest in private equity funds and also assists with secondary fund formations.

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