James McCarthy is a senior expert in Corporate/M&A law in Australia & a Partner at leading commercial law firm Mills Oakley. James has more than 20 years expertise advising clients in respect of mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, venture capital, capital raisings, corporate governance, commercial contracting and warranty & indemnity / rep & warranty (W&I / RWI) insurance. James previously worked at law firms King & Wood Mallesons and DLA Piper. James also has experience working on secondment in-house at Telstra, General Electric and AXA.James has represented global and Australian corporations in various sectors, including telecommunications, media, financial services, industrial, insurance and private equity in respect of their strategic investments and activities in Australia. Clients for whom James has acted include Discovery Communications, Huffington Post, Sensis, General Electric, Link, AFL, Dimension Data, IAG, HCL, POSCO, Fosun, Zeder/Fulcrum, Globus, Dechra, Webjet, AIG, Fusion, Liberty, TMHCC, Themis, Chubb, Ezidebit, bPost, Coles/Woolworths, KPMG, WHSP, Carthona, Havas, KKR, AXA and Telstra.James is one of Australia's most experienced legal advisers in respect of the allocation of risk in M&A transactions to W&I insurers. James has post-graduate and undergraduate degrees in finance, economics & law from leading universities in the UK (University of Oxford) and Australia (University of Melbourne).Founded in Melbourne in 1864, Mills Oakley is one of Australia’s largest & oldest law firms, offering a full range of services & a deep understanding of how business is conducted in Australia.