James Stuckey Email & Phone Number

I practice in the areas of commercial finance, real estate, business, project financing and leasing. My commercial experience includes complex loan transactions in real estate, construction, project finance, oil and gas, line of credit and asset based loans, as well as leveraged lease and utility securitization financings, and real estate and commercial transactions. My lending practice, meanwhile, includes representing lenders and borrowers in oil and gas loans, real estate and construction financings, leveraged leases and secured working capital loans. I advise clients in negotiations of a variety of contracts, including major purchase, lease, and project development and financing agreements.I have represented clients from many industries, including banks and other financial institutions, public utilities, oil companies, chemical and product manufacturers, governmental entities and universities.

Listed skills include Corporate Law, Legal Research, Licensing, Legal Writing, and 1 others.

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  Partner

  Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P.

  Sep 1984 - Present - Greater New Orleans Area

  Representation of local and national lenders in real estate, asset based secured, and oil and gas financings, including representation of lead agent bank in $200 million reserves borrowing base line of credit, and $250 million refinery secured loans.Representation of companies, as seller and as purchaser, in asset sale and acquisition transactions, including purchaser of $305 million electric generation facility.Representation of borrowers and lenders in multiple project financings, leverage lease and synthetic lease financings, including representation of utility in $215 million electric generation facility financing, and lenders in offshore drilling platforms financings.Negotiation of major lease development contracts, including for tenant for 415 acre container terminal and for landlord governmental port entity for gaming vessel berths and terminal, and major private university for additional campus locations.Representation of utilities in securitization financings of $687 million, $278 million and $180 million for hurricane costs repairs and $200 million for utility cancelled project costs.Representation of governmental entity in development project for thermal energy plant to service multiple hospital and office buildings and construction of parking garage.Representation of sellers and purchasers of office buildings, shopping centers and hotels.Representation of owner in development from green field site of cotton yarn spinning plant.Representation of borrower in multiple government financings of fish processing plant and vessels.