James Morrissey is a partner in the Firm's Corporate Practice Group where he serves as a passionate and pragmatic advocate for the owners and developers of infrastructure and real estate. He prides himself on being a “dealmaker” and team player, leading and advising on deals of every shape and size.

As a member of the Firm’s Energy Transition group, Jimmy knows that the world is rapidly changing, and that companies need attorneys willing to change with it. He believes in the new technologies that will power a net-zero world and in assisting the changemakers developing them. Accordingly, he has counseled clients on renewables, biofuels, battery storage solutions, hydrogen production, cryptocurrency mining and microgrids.

Jimmy has worked in the energy industry for his entire career, and prior to joining Brown Rudnick, held a variety of legal and non-legal roles at a global energy company, including serving as in-house counsel. In support of the development of energy infrastructure projects, he represents companies in all forms of energy commercial contracting, including power purchase agreements, transmission support agreements, terminal service agreements, EPC contracts and offtake agreements.

Jimmy has a significant national leasing practice, counseling landlords and tenants in transactions for industrial, retail and office space, with a particular emphasis on repurposing existing properties and representing the portfolio companies of private equity funds.