Mr. James brings a unique and wide breadth of transactional experience to Excellere Capital Group with more than 24 years of experience in the areas of real estate, finance, and law.

Before joining Excellere Capital Group, he served as Chief Operating Officer and In House Counsel for Crimson Capital Ltd. /Patrinely Group, LLC, where he oversaw the day-to-day operations and was responsible for all acquisitions, development activities, and new business opportunities. Mr. James was responsible for negotiating all project and company financing, capital planning, structuring, and execution and served, as the principal contact for all capital and financial partners. Mr. James was a member of the company’s executive committee. His experience has included the active supervision of all phases of real estate development including land, acquisitions, entitlements, design development, finance, operations, and asset management.

Prior to joining Crimson/Patrinely, he spent two years as general counsel of Columbia Energy Services successfully directing all legal matters. Columbia Energy Services (CES) was the unregulated energy and trading subsidiary of a NYSE utility company. Mr. James represented Columbia in its acquisition of the predecessor to CES and successfully negotiated the divestment of CES to a major energy company. Prior to CES, he was in private legal practice where he provided counsel to individual clients and medium to large institutions both private and public companies in the areas of real estate, finance, and corporate transactions. Previous to the practice of law, Mr. James earned an MBA Degree from St. Thomas University in Houston and has spent more than six years executing a full range of real estate activities.