Alert 06.20.25
G7 Releases Critical Minerals Action Plan on the Heels of IEA’s 2025 Critical Minerals Outlook
The IEA Report spotlights global supply chain vulnerabilities, export controls and strategic urgency.
A very experienced and knowledgeable attorney … He provides perspective from all sides of issues and serves up solutions.
For more than 40 years at Pillsbury, Rob James has helped clients achieve their goals on complex energy, construction and infrastructure transactions.
Co-leader of Pillsbury’s Energy Transition practice group, Rob’s practice focuses on:
His work spans sectors, including renewable and conventional power generation, transmission and storage; alternative fuel and oil and gas production, refining and transportation; LNG, hydrogen, carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) and carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS); chemicals and mining; and public transit, university and health care infrastructure. Rob also counsels on climate change adaption and sustainability, logistics, international investment protection, fine art acquisition, and ESG and other corporate compliance programs.
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Clients and transactions for which Rob has served as lead outside counsel include the following:
Publications
Past and Present Honors & Awards
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“Microwave Transmission of Space-Based Solar Power: The Focus of New Attention,” Pillsbury’s Gravel2Gavel (June 14, 2023)
“Old School Meets New School: Critical Minerals Used in Quantum Computing,” Internet & Social Media Law (March 22, 2023)
Education
J.D., Yale Law School, 1983
A.B., Stanford University, 1980
Admissions
California
Texas
Courts
All State Courts of California
All State Courts of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California