James MacCallum

James MacCallum is a Partner in the Corporate practice at Al Tamimi & Company, based in Abu Dhabi, and co-heads the firm's Healthcare Practice Group. His practice focuses on Mergers and Acquisitions.

James' principal areas of expertise are corporate advisory, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, regulatory compliance, contracts and business licensing. He advises and assists a wide variety of private sector and governmental concerns, both local and international.

The industry focus of his practice in recent years has been on the expanding private sector healthcare market (including the detailed regulatory framework applicable to it), as well as defence and industrial projects.

His recent experience includes advising Huhtamaki Oyj (listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange) on the acquisition of the manufacturing business of the Positive Packaging group of companies across the UAE, India and East Africa, advising Etienne Lacroix Group on the formation of its joint venture Emirates Defense Services, and advising TVM Capital on the formation, development and ultimate sale of ProVita International Medical Centre LLC in Abu Dhabi to NMC Health plc.

James is a British-qualified solicitor who has been practising law in the UAE since joining Al Tamimi & Co in 2003. He practised for five years in the firm's Dubai office and has headed the corporate practice in Abu Dhabi since 2008. He holds a Diplôme d'études juridiques françaises from Strasbourg University and an LLB in Law with French from Leicester University, and was admitted as a Solicitor in England & Wales in 1996. He speaks English and French.