Langlois, James Robert

James Robert Langlois

Associate

james.langlois@lw.com
    Langlois, James Robert

    James Robert Langlois

    Associate

    james.langlois@lw.com

    Profile

    James Langlois advises sponsors, lenders, and investors on project finance and development matters involving energy and infrastructure projects across the US, the Middle East, and other global markets.

    James draws on extensive industry experience, including secondments to ExxonMobil’s legal department to support the Global Trading & Origination division and to NEOM Company, a Public Investment Fund-held developer constructing a mega-city on Saudi Arabia’s northwest coast along the Red Sea.

    Before joining Latham, James practiced in the Riyadh, New York, and Houston offices of another international law firm.

    Prior to practicing law, he served as a US Army Cavalry Officer in the First Cavalry Division based at Fort Hood, Texas, during which time he led a combat arms platoon in Iraq. He then served in various locations throughout Afghanistan in an advisory capacity with the US Department of War. He continues to serve in the US Army Reserve as a Civil Affairs Officer, conducting advisory work on international energy and infrastructure development based at Fort Meade, Maryland. 

    Experience

    James’ experience at and prior to joining Latham includes advising:

    • NextDecade on Rio Grande LNG’s US$3.5 billion senior secured notes offering
    • TPG on acquiring a majority stake in Sabre Industries from Blackstone Energy Transition Partners
    • A data center developer on the development, commercial structuring, and financing of a hyperscale data center campus and related behind-the-meter power infrastructure in Texas
    • A private investment fund on its investment in and the development and financing of a large-scale US LNG export terminal and related infrastructure
    • A confidential client on the acquisition of natural gas and midstream infrastructure assets in Louisiana and across the US Gulf Coast
    • Saudi Aramco on:
      • Its US$29.4 billion initial public offering on the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul), the largest IPO to date
      • Its US$69.1 billion acquisition of a 70% stake in Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) from the PIF
      • On the development and project financing of multiple energy and industrial projects in Saudi Arabia structured on a BOOT basis
      • On establishing and expanding several joint venture projects, as well as on general corporate and regulatory matters
    • Sempra Energy on its US$3.37 billion sale to KKR of a non-controlling 20% interest in its business platform, Sempra Infrastructure Partners
    • Occidental Petroleum in its US$825 million sale of onshore oil and gas assets in Colombia to The Carlyle Group*
    • EIG Global Energy Partners on its US$295 million preferred-equity investment in Limetree Bay Ventures to modernize and expand a refinery and oil-storage terminal in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands
    • Calpine on:
      • Portfolio financings to fund the development of wind, geothermal, battery-storage, and natural-gas-fired power projects
      • Mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures of power-generation and energy-infrastructure projects in the United States
    • A project sponsor on financing energy-infrastructure projects in Latin America, including a photovoltaic solar-power project, a combined-cycle-gas-fired power plant, an LNG regasification terminal, and related pipelines and transmission lines
    • An export credit agency on the project financing of a combined-cycle-gas-fired power plant in Latin America constructed on a BOOM basis
    • Lenders on reserve-based lending facilities with commitments ranging from US$50 million to US$500 million
    • Lead arrangers on term loan B senior-secured credit facilities to finance the acquisition of US energy and infrastructure assets

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • New York
    • Texas

    Education

    • BA in Political Science and Economics, Fordham University
    • JD, Fordham University School of Law
    • LLM in European Law, Université de Paris II, Assas
    • MA in Middle East Studies, The American University in Cairo

    Languages Spoken

    • English

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