James Becker Bio

James Becker is a Partner at Whitewater Capital Partners and has spent his career working in finance and law. He is also Of Counsel with Lewis Gianola PLLC in Charleston, WV. Previously, James was a Principal with Station Partners, a lower middle market private equity firm based in Morristown, NJ. At Station, James was part of the investment team, where he was active in all aspects of investment origination, structuring, underwriting, diligence and portfolio monitoring. During his time there, James served on the board of directors and as corporate secretary of two Station portfolio companies, River Riders and Ark Technology Companies. Before Station, James was an Associate Attorney in the corporate and transactional practice at Lewis Gianola PLLC, helping clients in various transactions including business formation and dissolution, financing, and mergers and acquisitions. While with Lewis Gianola, James served as Counsel to the Judiciary Committee of the West Virginia House of Delegates during the 2021 Regular Legislative Session. James began his career as a Senior Analyst in investment banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in New York. While there, he gained experience in mergers and acquisitions, debt financing and equity issuances for public and private companies across multiple sectors in both the Global Industrials Group and Financial Institutions Group. After law school, James was a Commercial Portfolio Manager with Huntington National Bank, where he underwrote and managed a portfolio of middle market credits. Outside of Whitewater, James also serves as a member of the Investment Committee of the Vantage Ventures Seed Fund, which makes investments in early-stage startups that go through the West Virginia University Vantage Ventures startup accelerator. In the community, James is active on the board of directors of the CAMC Foundation (supporting CAMC Health System), where he serves as Chair of the Investment Committee. James also serves on the board of directors of Craik-Patton, Inc., a historic house museum in Charleston, WV; and the board of directors of The Library Foundation of Kanawha County, Inc., which supports the Kanawha County Public Library system. James earned a B.A. from Vanderbilt University and a J.D. from West Virginia University. He is a member of the West Virginia State Bar.