Complex sentence: This should not imply that Wade is any less effective than his predecessor, Felix Leiter-so far Wade has been just as helpful-and just as willing to bend the rules-as Bond's original contact was.
Split into simpler sentences: This should not imply that Wade is any less effective than his predecessor, Felix Leiter. So far Wade has been just as helpful-and just as willing to bend the rules-as Bond's original contact was.