Sheila Adams James

Partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Speaker

Sheila R. Adams James is a partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell, based in New York. She represents clients in a variety of civil litigation and government investigations, and her practice focuses on antitrust investigations and litigation and the antitrust aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Her clients have included firms in the media and entertainment, technology, pharmaceutical, financial services and manufacturing industries, as well as individual corporate directors.

In 2019, Sheila received a National Bar Association “40 Under 40 Nation’s Best Advocates” award, as well as one of the association’s five individual “40 Under 40” awards for Excellence in Leadership. She is Co-Chair of the ABA Antitrust Law Section’s Spring Meeting and a member of the Board of Directors of the Columbia Law School Association.