James is a senior associate in our energy, transportation and infrastructure team and a member of our global transactions group. He is based in Abu Dhabi.
He has extensive experience in the energy, natural resources and infrastructure sectors, as well as experience in general finance and restructuring work.
James has worked with public sector and private sector (for both lender and sponsor) clients on a variety of mandates in oil and gas, power (including renewables), road and rail on project financings, M&A and restructurings.
During his time at Freshfields, James has spent time on secondment at ExxonMobil and ADNOC.
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- Advising the lenders on the bridge and project financing of a greenfield LNG-to-power project in the Republic of Malta.
- Advising the lenders on the restructuring of the Etlik Integrated Health Campus PPP project in Turkey.
- Advising Mubadala Petroleum on their acquisition of a stake in the Israeli Tamar offshore gas field from Delek.
- Advising the Official Receiver on the insolvent liquidation of Carillion.
- Advising the lenders to Eurostar on the 2021 refinancing.
- Advising ADNOC on its potential investment in a USD4bn petrochemical plant in India
- Advising Amey plc on their exit from the Birmingham Highways PFI scheme.
- Advising SSE on its disposal of its interests in UK waste-to-energy projects.
- Advising Ratio Oil Exploration on its $450m financing of the Leviathan field.
- Advising IGas Energy on its capital restructuring.
- Advising Arclight Capital Partners on its purchase, management and sale of UK midstream infrastructure.
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- New York University School of Law, United States (LLM)
- Oxford University, UK (MA in jurisprudence, first class honours)
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