

James Bamford is a Senior Advisor at Ankura based in Washington, DC. He joined Ankura with the firm’s 2020 acquisition of Water Street Partners, which he co-founded in 2008. Water Street Partners has been independently ranked as the number one global advisor on joint ventures since 2017. Prior to Water Street, he was global co-lead of the Joint Venture & Alliance Practice at McKinsey & Company.
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JV Boards do not work as well as they should. That makes life difficult for Directors and Management.
How might JV Boards elevate shareholder management to its rightful place of prominence? Water Street Partners recently updated our Standards for JV Board Governance, which includes the following expectations with regard to shareholder management.
Risks related to exit terms and post-exit considerations, including examples of what companies can do to mitigate these risks.
Checklist and key design considerations for companies evaluating what types of information access to provide to their JVs.
The purpose of this checklist is to provide a starting point for deal teams working on a potential new JV on the main issues surrounding the formation of a Joint Venture and the terms that should be discussed between the shareholders during the deal process.
When it makes sense to structure the deal to promote the JV’s interest.