James BaillieJamesBaillie
Partner, Structured Credit
James Baillie is a partner in the Structured Credit practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s London office. James' practice focuses on structured finance, securitization, asset-backed and fund leverage lending with a particular focus on CLOs. James advises originators, investment managers, lenders and arrangers, having recently advised clients such as Alcentra, Bank of America, Barclays, Canyon, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, i80 Group, ICG, JP Morgan, Mizuho, Morgan Stanley, Oakhill, Sculptor and PGIM.
Prior to joining Paul Hastings, James worked at another leading international firm in London.
University of Law, Moorgate, L.P.C., 2013
BPP University Law School, GDL, 2012
Hertford College, M.A. (Oxon), 2011
Investment managers and arrangers on European CLO transactions.
Lenders and fund managers on asset-backing lending facilities.
- Recommended Lawyer – Capital Markets: CLO
Chambers, (2025)
- Paul Hastings Named Top Global CLO Counsel for the Fourth Consecutive Year (2021)