The Hunton & Williams LLP Immigration practice, part of the firm's Labor and Employment Team, is concentrated in two major areas. First our work involves advising American and foreign businesses about obtaining the most appropriate temporary and permanent work visas for executives, professionals, and other skilled foreign workers. Careful planning and documentation are necessary to ensure the greatest chance of success. We also represent our clients in any negotiations or administrative...
Practice Expertise
Areas of Practice
- Africa
- Commonwealth of Independent States / FSU
- Energy
- Energy and Infrastructure
- Europe
- Financial Services
- International and Cross-Border Transactions
- Middle East
- Nuclear Energy
- Oil, Gas and LNG
- Project Finance and Development View More
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Profile
James Simpson is a partner in our London office who focuses his practice on global project finance. James has over 35 years of corporate transaction experience, focused on the power and energy and infrastructure sectors, including project development, privatizations, mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financings, government work and restructurings. Based in Europe since 1992, he has considerable privatization and transactional experience in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia/CIS, the Middle East and Africa.
He has extensive experience in project finance and infrastructure (including power, water/waste water, ports, airports and motorways), oil & gas, LNG-to-power and renewables and clean energy, as well as telecommunications. He regularly acts for project sponsors, lenders (including multilateral financial institutions, development finance institutions and ECAs), infrastructure funds, equity investors and governments.
Bar Admissions
Education
JD, Washington and Lee University School of Law, 1984
BA, Duke University, 1981
Areas of Practice
- Africa
- Commonwealth of Independent States / FSU
- Energy
- Energy and Infrastructure
- Europe
- Financial Services
- International and Cross-Border Transactions
- Middle East
- Nuclear Energy
- Oil, Gas and LNG
- Project Finance and Development
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