James Heller

Recent projects in which James has been involved include:

• Advising Hitachi on its USD 11 billion acquisition and carve out of ABB’s power grids business (largest ever outbound Japanese infrastructure deal)
• Advising Fiera Infrastructure on its acquisition of a 50% equity interest in Isle of Wight ferry operator Wightlink from Basalt Infrastructure Partners (and related syndication)
• Advising Fiera Infrastructure on its acquisition of a 14% equity interest in a consortium comprising Dalmore Capital, Semperian PPP Investment Partners and Swiss Life for the acquisition of Cory Riverside Energy from SVP Global, EQT Credit, Commerzbank and other shareholders.
• Advising Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund II on the structuring and divestment of its stake in Brussels Airport to a consortium of APG, QIC and Swiss Life (including related contentious proceedings)
• Advising Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund on the divestment of its stake in Autoroutes Paris-Rhin-Rhône (a French toll-road network) to two long term institutional investors
• Advising L'Oréal on its c.EUR 1 billion disposal of The Body Shop to Natura Cosmeticos
• Advising Daimler Mercedes-Benz on its establishment of a joint venture with Via for the operation of an on-demand shared ride service in Europe
• Advising Tokyo-listed Japan Pulp and Paper on its acquisition of 60% of Premier Paper Group with a put and call to acquire the remaining 40% in 2020
• Advising a Japanese investor on its acquisition of a minority stake in a consortium led by a US buy-out firm, as part of a wider GBP 2.4 billion acquisition
• Advising Merit Medical, a US-based medical devices company, on the European aspects of its acquisition of Argon Medical Device's critical care business. 

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• Tokyo