# James Erlinger

> James Erlinger is a startup investor at Novaquest Capital Management (Raleigh). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Novaquest Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/novaquest-capital-management)
- Location: Raleigh, United States
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-erlinger-8888726

James Erlinger is a startup investor at Novaquest Capital Management in Raleigh. James H. Erlinger III was appointed Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Quintiles in January 2013 and serves on its Executive Committee. Jim is responsible for Quintiles’ global legal operations. Jim’s portfolio of expertise includes corporate law, healthcare, outsourcing, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances,commercial law, capital formation and finance, and technology-related transactions.Prior to Quintiles, Jim was a partner in the St. Louis, Missouri, law firm of Bryan Cave, where he served as a member of its Executive Committee and a Client Service Group leader. Throughout his 27 year career there, he successfully represented clients in a wide range of industries, including professional services, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, retail consumer products, life sciences, construction, banking and natural resources.Jim earned an honors degree in Business Administration and an MBA from the University of Missouri – Columbia. He earned his JD with distinction from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Jim is also a Certified Public Accountant.

## About Novaquest Capital Management

VC Fund · Raleigh, United States

NovaQuest Capital Management, LLC (NovaQuest) manages product and company investments in the global healthcare industry. Its primary focus is structured finance investments in late-stage clinical and commercialized biopharmaceutical products. NovaQuest invests side-by-side with global companies in their most strategic product programs, ensuringalignment with the biopharmaceutical companies. These customized, product transactions are an alternative to standard biopharmaceutical industry deal-making and help companies maximize the value of their product portfolios. In addition, NovaQuest invests in select private equity and other company securities, with a consistent focus on late-stage clinical and commercialized products.The NovaQuest team has worked together for over 12 years, investing over $1 billion into the global healthcare industry. The team began pursuing its strategy in 2000 as an investment group within Quintiles Transnational Holdings Inc. (Quintiles). Today, NovaQuest Capital Management is an independent firm managing global investment capital. It is backed by investors whose relationships with NovaQuest date back to the group’s inception. NovaQuest is meeting the evolving needs of global healthcare companies and its investors with a consistent strategy, developed over multiple years and transactions, that draws on a customized mix of investment and return elements and securities.

5 contacts available at Novaquest Capital Management.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brian Axe | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-axe |
| Dennis Gillings | Executive Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dennis-gillings |
| Derek Winstanly | Chief Customer & Governance Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/derek-winstanly |
| James Erlinger | General Counsel | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-erlinger |
| Paula Brown Stafford | president | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paula-brown-stafford |

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