James Taylor

  • Joined Mercator Advisors as a Principal in 2006
  • Expertise in developing non-recourse project finance strategies for transportation infrastructure
  • Previous experience as investment banker for a total of 19 years at Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and Smith Barney
  • Served as one of the lead investment bankers on a 1995 revenue bond financing for the Denver, CO E-470 Toll Road Project, which was recognized by Institutional Investor magazine as "Project Finance Deal of the Year"
  • Helped develop and implement the financing strategy for the international air passenger terminal at JFK Airport
  • Served as a lead investment banker for private not-for-profit organizations created to construct and operate toll facilities in Virginia and South Carolina; structured debt financings for private toll roads in Virginia, Texas and California
  • Has developed and managed professional training programs in municipal finance and given lectures, seminars and workshops on project finance for industry organizations and business schools
  • Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985, B.S. in Humanities; Harvard University / Kennedy School of Government, 1987, Master in Public Policy