James Littlefair
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Credentials
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Series 50
Municipal Securities Rulemaking BoardSep, 2017- Nov, 2024 -
Financial Fundamentals (Statistics, Economics, Accounting, Corporate Tax, Business Law)
Association of Corporate Treasurers -
International Treasury Management (Association of Corporate Treasurers)
Association of Corporate Treasurers
Experience
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Project Finance Advisory Limited (PFAL)
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United States
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Managing Director
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Jan 2014 - Present
Joining the PFAL team in 2014, James has advised a wide range of infrastructure and P3 projects.James is a highly experienced professional, providing expert advice on planning, procuring, and financing large-scale infrastructure and real estate projects. PFAL's financial advice is integrated with the political and technical considerations of complex projects to help clients get projects delivered. We specialize in public private partnerships and project financing. For our public-sector clients, PFAL's areas of expertise include performing feasibility studies and value for money analysis, optimizing funding resources, performing credit and risk analysis, structuring and overseeing competitive procurements, and assisting our clients in reaching financial close. Our track record of successfully delivered projects reflects our experience, innovation, and commitment to high quality advisory services.For our private-sector clients, we specialize in managing all aspects of a project financing, including due diligence and risk assessment, financial modelling and financing analysis, sourcing debt and equity, and structuring and arranging competitive financing packages in the taxable and tax-exempt markets, most recently having provided financial advisory services to Edgemoor on the successful Howard County Courthouse financing and John Laing/Cubic on the MBTA Automated Fare Collection System financing.
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Lloyds Banking Group
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United Kingdom
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Director
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Apr 2013 - Nov 2013
Real Estate/Special AssetsWorking within the Business Support Unit, James was part of the Lloyds Bank team managing the disposal/exits of two major real estate portfolios: Project Indie and Project Aberdonia. Valued at over 1bn Euros, these portfolios comprised commercial and light industrial real-estate assets in a range of jurisdictions across continental Europe. Along with executing a value-maximising auction process, the disposals required careful consideration of regulatory matters and navigation with the Bank's most senior executives.
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Senior Vice President
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Aug 2009 - Mar 2013
Special Assets/Work Out/Turn AroundJames led a team managing a portfolio of non-core, stressed and distressed asset types with an exposure in excess of $2.8bn. The portfolio comprised assets in a diverse range of sectors with a focus on: (i) oil and gas (primarily borrowing-base E&P and midstream independents) and natural resources (forestry);(ii) gaming;(iii) real estate (primarily, commercial, light industrial, master-planned residential development);(iv) manufacturing (leveraged buyouts); (v) non-bank financials (mortgage books and consumer credit).A range of strategies were deployed across the portfolio including: restructuring/refinancing, bankruptcy, secondary market sales, and turnaround in order to maximise value preservation and recovery. In addition to advocating these strategies with senior credit officials, James was also a member of the credit committee with oversight of other aspects of the wider non-core portfolio in North America.
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Vice President, Director
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Jun 2006 - Aug 2009
Project Finance OriginationResponsible for marketing and origination of lead arranger mandates and syndicated participations in infrastructure/P3 and power sectors in North America (US and Canada).Negotiated term sheets and detailed financing documentation with clients while navigating and championing the projects with internal stakeholders (credit/risk, loan syndications/distribution, derivatives desks, corporate relationship teams). Notable transactions include: Sea-to-Sky, RAV, Heartland Wind II, SmartMeters, Port of Miami Tunnel.
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Manager/Associate Director
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Jun 2002 - Jun 2006
Project Finance Origination and Portfolio ManagementAssisted in the origination/syndication of lead mandates along with syndicated loan participations in infrastructure/PFI sector and power/energy/utilities sector. Notable transactions include: A30/A35 Exeter Bere Regis, Portsmouth Highways, Genistics Power, Heathrow Airport Fueling Company, South Hook/Milford Haven QG2 LNG Receiving Facilities.Responsibility for portfolio management of existing book covering a range of infrastructure and power/energy/utility assets.
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Graduate Management Trainee
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Jun 2000 - Jun 2002
(1) Private Equity - at Lloyds Development Capital (LDC), the Bank's mid-market private equity arm. Supporting senior management in strategic review, and working with deal originators and portfolio management with a focus on value-creating exits.(2) Group Strategy and Corporate Development - the Bank's central strategy function with major assignment covering money transmissions/payment systems.(3) Change Management - project manager as part of a wider team executing a major re-organisation of the Bank's operational processing centres. (4) Product Development/Technology - project manager as part of a wider eMarkets team developing internet-based products for the Bank's corporate and wholesale customers.
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Education
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1996 - 1999
University of Oxford
Master of Arts (MA), Modern History -
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Association of Corporate Treasurers
Certificate in International Treasury Management -
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Association of Corporate Treasurers
Certificate Financial Fundamentals for Business
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