James Tyson
Director
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Location:
Copenhagen, Denmark
Admitted to:
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Supreme Court of New South Wales,
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England and Wales
About Me
James has extensive experience in high-value domestic and cross-border transactions involving renewable energy projects, with a focus on providing strategic structuring advice on transactional documentation for joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and financing.
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James holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) / Bachelor of Economics (2012) from the Australian National University as well as Master of Law (2013). James is not currently practising as a lawyer but is admitted in the Supreme Court of NSW, Australia and in England and Wales.
Notable Experience
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Advised on and negotiated a joint development agreement for 237 MWp ground mounted solar photovoltaic projects in Italy and the Netherlands between Greencells Group and Blue Elephant Energy AG
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Advised on the proposed ASEAN Green SRI Sukuk (~US$45 million) rated AA3/Stable lodged with the Security Commission of Malaysia, a conventional term and Islamic term project financing facilities from MIDF Amanah Investment Bank Berhad (~US$35 million), and Greencells Hungary Kft’s construction short term facility (~EUR 14 million) extended by OTP Bank Nyrt.
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Supported Greencells in securing its Green Bond listed with the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (~EUR15 million)
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Advised on numerous acquisitions and development of renewable energy projects accounting for at least 1GW in total capacity in Europe, Africa, and Asia
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Managing the legal aspects of the supply and construction sub-contracts, long-term project finance agreements and successful divestment to institutional investors of the 74MW Vandel Solar Park, Scandinavia's largest solar park.
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Legal manager for the acquisition, development and divestment of the six solar PV projects located in the UK to institutional investors in Denmark, including one private PPA project.
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Legal manager for the negotiation and drafting of acquisition and project contracts as well as advising on structuring of 180 MW solar portfolio in Brazil.
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Secondment to NEOEN Australia to assist with the development, construction and debt financing of the 100MW Hornsdale Wind Farm (stage 1) project near Jamestown in South Australia.
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Advising NEOEN Australia in the acquisition of the DeGrussa Solar Farm - a 10.6 MW solar PV project that will be integrated into the existing diesel generator facility to power the DeGrussa Copper Mine in remote Western Australia.
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Advising Malakoff Corporation Berhad (Malaysia) on its acquisition of a 50 percent interest in the A$1.2 billion Macarthur wind farm in Victoria from Meridian Energy.
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Advising SunEdison on the entry into the Australian solar rooftop PV business.
Prior Work Experience
August 2017 - August 2021
August 2015 - June 2017
May 2012 - July 2015
General Counsel at Greencells Group, one of Europe’s largest provider of turnkey solar photovoltaic power plants, with over 120 plants with a total installed capacity of over 2GWp in at least 25 countries.
Legal Counsel at European Energy A/S, a large developer and IPP of wind and solar farms in Europe and around the world.
Associate at Baker McKenzie, a global full-service law firm. I assisted domestic and international clients on all issues associated with the acquisition, development, financing and sale of infrastructure projects, particularly renewable energy projects.