James J. Murray

+65-6428-2422
JMurray@milbank.com
 
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James Murray is a senior projects lawyer in Milbank’s Singapore office. James regularly represents export credit agencies, commercial banks, developers and private equity investors in international project financings and acquisitions. His experience also includes advising on structured finance transactions and general cross border lending. He commenced legal practice in Australia in 1995 and joined Milbank in 1999. James worked in our New York office from 1999-2003 and our Tokyo office from 2003-2005. James joined our Singapore office in 2006.

In 2005, James acted as lead Milbank adviser to Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Mizuho Corporate Bank and ING Bank on a limited recourse acquisition financing of the CBK power project in the Philippines, an award-winning financing that was a first-of-its kind for export credit and multi-lateral agencies.

James is currently advising the lenders on a $2 billion petrochemical project in Singapore, a separate chemical project in Singapore, a major IPP power project in Indonesia and an iron ore mining project in Mongolia.

James has advised on the project financings for the Ilijan and CBK power projects in the Philippines, the Paiton I power project in Indonesia, and other power projects in the US, Guatemala, Hawai, Tunisia and Morocco. He has also advised on the financings for the Lomas Bayas and Escondida copper mines in Chile.

Other engagements include advising a consortium bidding for the Fujairah 2 IWPP in the UAE, advising the lenders to a consortium bidding for the Shuqaiq IWPP project in Saudi Arabia, advising the lenders to a bidder for the Mirant power assets in the Philippines and advising a sponsor bidding for the Globeleq power assets. He was also a member of the Milbank team advising a bidder for the EME power assets and a bidder for the InterGen power assets (in each case focusing on the Asian assets in those portfolios).

James is named in the most recent edition of Chambers Asia as a leading lawyer for project finance.

James received his combined Bachelor of Laws and Commerce degree (Honours) from the University of Melbourne, Australia, in 1994 and his Master of Laws degree from Monash University, Australia, in 1999. He is admitted to practice in the State of New York, in England and Wales and in Victoria, Australia.



 

Associate

Bar/Court:
New York, 1st Department
England and Wales
Victoria, Australia

Education:
LLM, 1999 Monash University, Melbourne, AUS

LLB (Hons), 1994 University of Melbourne, AUS

BCom, 1994 University of Melbourne, Melbourne, AUS


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