Infrastructure & project finance
April 2024 | SPECIAL REPORT: INFRASTRUCTURE & PROJECT FINANCE
Financier Worldwide Magazine
April 2024 Issue
Digitalisation and the energy transition are the two most important drivers in the infrastructure M&A market right now, and funds are increasingly targeting assets in those areas. FW discusses infrastructure M&A with Seth Miller Gabriel at BDO, Clint Vince at Dentons, Emma Stones at Herbert Smith Freehills and Fritz Lark at McDermott Will & Emery LLP.
Dentons While the energy transition has the potential to revolutionise the American economy and save the planet, without a legislative solution to state-federal regulatory obstacles and jurisdictional questions, it will be difficult to execute the transition at the necessary pace and scale.
Developments in US federal infrastructure policy and funding
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates Each infrastructure segment faces challenges and potentially conflicting policy goals, all against a backdrop of uncertainty ahead of US political elections in 2024.
Opportunities in Brazil’s free power market
Campos Mello Advogados From an investor’s point of view, the sector is booming and full of opportunities. New business models may drive greater development and maturity for the power sector.
Concessional financing to encourage small scale renewable power initiatives
Trinity International LLP Securing sufficient financing for necessary public infrastructure has always been a challenge for emerging markets, where attracting private sector development and funding requires significant government and external support.
An emerging tipping point for government incentives and private investment
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan UK LLP Understanding the recent past, current trends and legal and financial stand-ins for longstanding considered policy is critical for any private international investor.
Regulation of carbon dioxide transportation and storage infrastructure in the UK
CMS To deliver the government’s ambition to capture 20 to 30 million tonnes of CO2 per year by 2030, private sector investment will be needed as the onshore equipment costs alone are estimated to total over £3bn.
Safeguarding critical infrastructure – the regulatory framework for protection across the EU
Hogan Lovells International LLP Companies operating in affected sectors must familiarise themselves with the new legislation at an early stage and analyse whether and, if so, to what extent they are affected.
JETPs in Indonesia: reaction to the CIPP and the future under a Prabowo government
Norton Rose Fulbright (Asia) LLP It seems clear that the implementation of a just energy transition in Indonesia will be complex, with multiple challenges.
A new frontier for public-private partnerships in the Philippines
Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia Perhaps the most significant innovation under the PPP Code is the ‘deemed approved’ provision, which ensures the speedy review and approval of PPP projects.
Update on Oman’s Public-Private Partnership Law
Trowers & Hamlins The introduction of the PPP Law and its regulations in 2019 indicated Oman’s appetite for PPP projects as a way of improving infrastructure without increasing sovereign debt and also attracting private investment and promoting economic growth.
Q&A: Climate resilience in infrastructure finance
Infrastructure networks are already being adversely affected by the physical impacts of extreme weather, climate variability and climate change. So, resilience becomes ever more critical. FW discusses climate resilience in infrastructure finance with Rizwaan Z. Sahib at BDO and Allan Marks at Milbank LLP.
CONTRIBUTORS
BDO
Campos Mello Advogados
CMS
Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia
Dentons
Herbert Smith Freehills
Hogan Lovells International LLP
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Milbank LLP
Norton Rose Fulbright (Asia) LLP
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan UK LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates
Trinity International LLP
Trowers & Hamlins