James Boswell

Since joining Kirkland, James has been involved in the following matters:

• GI Partners on the acquisition of Digita Group from DigitalBridge
• Blackstone-backed AirTrunk on the strategic partnership with HUMAIN
• Ardian on the acquisition of Energia Group
• 3i Infrastructure’s GCX on the completion of its refinancing transaction
• InfraVia-backed Blue Phoenix on its €750 million refinancing transaction
• KKR’s Dawsongroup on the close of a USPP refinancing transaction
• KKR on the further investment in Enilive
• KKR and its portfolio company Kito Crosby on the sale to Columbus McKinnon
• KKR on the investment in Enilive
• Apollo on the acquisition of a stake in bp Pipelines TAP
• Arcus on the sale of Constellation Cold Logistics to EQT
• Brookfield’s Genesee & Wyoming in connection with the launch of a multifacility debt offering
• Solör Bioenergy Group on SEK 22 billion long term financing
• Apollo-backed Energos Infrastructure on the acquisition of a transformative marine LNG asset with long-term charter contracts in Germany
• Digital 9 Infrastructure on the sale of Verne Global
• Beacon Rail on its acquisition of Mitsui Rail Capital Europe
• A consortium led by Sandbrook Capital on the acquisition of NeXtWind Capital

Prior to joining Kirkland, James was involved in the following matters:

• Regulated UK water businesses Yorkshire Water, Southern Water, Affinity Water and South East Water
• Nordic district heating business, Solor Bioenergi, including with respect to bolt-on acquisitions for Falbygdens Energi AB’s district heating assets, Vasa Varme, Ale Fjarrvarme, Strangnas and Norsk Bioenergi
• The acquisition of a minority stake in Telia's Nordic towers business and subsequent USPP refinancing
• The investment by a consortium of financial investors in Brussels Airport
• The public acquisition financing for the acquisition of bus and rail operator, The Go Ahead Group plc
• Nordic fibre and datacentre group, GlobalConnect
• The acquisition, financing and subsequent refinancing of Estonian district heating group Utilitas
• The acquisition of Falck Renewables SpA (renamed Renantis)
• The public acquisition of UK smart metering business Calisen plc
• The acquisition of German motorway services group, Tank & Rast, and subsequent rated platform refinancing
• The acquisition financing and refinancing of Italian regasification terminal, OLT Toscana