Our Team
At Perella Weinberg, we have a team of partners and professionals who bring leadership, influence, and experience across a wide range of industries.
James Dawson
James Dawson is a Managing Director at Perella Weinberg. Based in London, Mr. Dawson specialises in mergers and acquisitions and strategic financial advice. Prior to joining Perella Weinberg, Mr. Dawson worked for Gleacher Shacklock, leading Industrials & Services coverage.
Mr. Dawson has advised a wide range of clients in sectors including aerospace & defence, industrial, building materials, chemicals and mining, on transactions including GKN’s defence against the hostile £10.4bn offer from Melrose, Smiths Group’s acquisition of Morpho Detection, Takeaway.com’s £10.5bn contested combination with Just Eat, and BAE Systems’ $4.2bn acquisition of UDI and the €2.75bn sale of its 20% shareholding in Airbus.
Prior to joining Gleacher Shacklock, Mr. Dawson worked for Lazard in its M&A group and Morgan Stanley in its Global Industrial Group.
Mr. Dawson has an MA in Classics from Oxford University.