Jim provides counsel to public and private organizations and enterprises. He is a graduate of the Institute of Corporate Directors, and is a member of the Management Board of the International Bar Association. He currently is a member of FIFA's Independent Governance Committee.

Jim has for many years held senior leadership positions in the International, American, and Canadian Bar Associations. He has been an Adjunct Professor of International Law at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto and is a well regarded international business law speaker, lecturer, and author, with more than 100 papers on the topics of anti-corruption and international business law to his credit.