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Overview
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.
Accolades
- Chambers, Recommended Lawyer – Capital Markets: CLO, 2025
- Paul Hastings Named Top Global CLO Counsel for the Fourth Consecutive Year, 2021
- Paul Hastings Named Top Global CLO Counsel for the Third Consecutive Year, 2020
Education
- University of Law, Legal Practice Course (2013)
- BPP University, Graduate Diploma in Law (2012)
- Hertford College, University of Oxford, MA (Oxon) (2011)
Admissions
- Admitted in England and Wales
Representations
- Investment managers and arrangers on European CLO transactions.
- Lenders and fund managers on asset-backing lending facilities.
- Several first-time European investment managers on their debut CLO issuance.
- i80 Group and Avellinia Capital in a $200m back-book and forward flow receivables financing for Spanish Fintech entity, Ritmo.
- ESF Capital on their CBILS platform structuring and accreditation.