James Ballantyne
Senior Associate London
James is a senior associate in the London Projects Group.
James’ focus is on supporting renewable energy projects, with a particular expertise in project development (construction, operation and offtake contracting), joint venture support and equity transactions. He regularly advises on a range of renewable energy projects across EMEA, supporting developers, investors, lenders and contractors in asset classes including BESS, offshore wind, onshore wind, solar, interconnectors, synchronous condensers, green hydrogen and all a variety of other energy transition technologies.
- Advising a contractor on its project development and construction documentation for a 1.7GW wind farm forming part of a 4GW green hydrogen facility in Saudi Arabia.
- Advising a developer on its construction documentation for a 300MW wind farm in Serbia.
- Advising global solar developer Lightsource bp on the sale of a portfolio of 58 operational assets to a consortium comprising GLIL Infrastructure and Bluefield Solar Income Fund.
- Advising a developer on its early joint venture arrangements for a 1GW offshore wind project in Taiwan.
- Advising TotalEnergies on its sale of a 25.5% equity stake in the Seagreen offshore wind farm for £522m to PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited, a subsidiary of Thailand’s national oil and gas company PTT.
Education
- 2017 – 2018 · University of Law (LPC, Distinction)
- 2016 – 2017 · University of Law (GDL, Distinction)
- 2015 – 2016 · School of Oriental and African Studies (MA (African Studies), Distinction)
- 2012 – 2015 · University of Cambridge (MA (History))
memberships and associations
- Law Society of England and Wales
- ArticleOffshore Wind in the Philippines
- PressWFW advises lenders on £594m financing for UK’s largest BESS project
- ArticleBESS Projects – Commercial Contracting: Key Questions To Ask
- PressWFW advises lenders on £220m green loan for Pulse Clean Energy BESS portfolio financing
- PressWFW advises lenders on BESS project financing for Eku Energy
