James Cartales Bio

James is a Managing Director in Cascadia’s Consumer, Retail, and E-Commerce practice. In this role he focuses on advising clients within the Juvenile, Home & Pet Hardgoods, and Enthusiast & Outdoor Living companies on mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and private placements. As a founding member of the firm’s Consumer practice, he has been involved with the execution of most of the firm’s marquee retail and branded consumer transactions. Throughout his career he has personally completed over 45 transactions worth billions of dollars of combined enterprise value. He has a particular focus on the intersection of consumer products and services and the evolving retail channels by which they are marketed and sold. James holds a B.A. from Bucknell University where he graduated magna cum laude and is a FINRA registered representative, holding the Series 79 and 63 licenses.