Our focus is serving government, government sponsored enterprises, corporate and high net worth customers with a full range of financial advisory, investment banking, private equity, and investment management services.
Our corporate finance unit provides relevant, appropriate, value-creating counsel for our customer base.
For transactions, our advisory group identifies, structures, funds, and services the full range of investment opportunities. This is best accomplished, we believe, with a primarily local professional staff. We will utilize domestic, regional and global financial resources and assets, as appropriate, with the objective of generating above average, risk-adjusted, investment returns across the enterprise spectrum.
Our investment management group identifies and services local and regional institutions and individuals to provide value driven investment advisory, trading and execution capabilities for an underserved yet rapidly growing market.
We have offices in or planned in:
Our staff, the driving force of all firms, is generally recruited locally. We are fortunate that the region boasts a large pool of superior technical and liberal arts graduates who seek career opportunities without having to emigrate. Alternatively, they may have returned after training and/or an early professional life abroad. As an African focused firm, the essence of our staff defines our capabilities.
JD James professionals are recruited with a requirement of intellectual strength, intellectual curiosity, enthusiasm and a commitment to the development of the African society.
We allocate paid time for civic participation. Service to the community is an organic part of our evaluation process for advancement.