Mitigating Legal Risks When Financing PPP Deals
CD of Teleconference with Q&A
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Conducted on Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Now available on CD
Sponsored by the Legal Publishing Group of Strafford Publications
Private investors are financing airports, roads and bridges in increasing numbers because they are safe, low-risk, revenue-generating investments. Public–private partnership (PPP) financing of infrastructure assets is now a multi-billion-dollar market, demanding highly sophisticated legal guidance.
PPP deals involve complex financial instruments and financing techniques, requiring specialized legal knowledge. PPPs are also fraught with risks such as high upfront costs, ongoing maintenance expense, and potential breach of contract issues.
Listen as our panel of project finance attorneys examines the key legal issues that arise in financing PPP deals and provides their insights and best practices for lenders that finance PPP infrastructure projects.
The panel included:
Joel H. Moser, Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski, New York. He co-chairs the firm's Global Infrastructure Group. He focuses on infrastructure investment through public-private partnership, project finance, public finance and other leveraged finance techniques. He has implemented innovative transaction structures to bring public-private partnership investment strategies to new asset classes and first time market participants.
Jay Zukerman, Ernst & Young, New York. He concentrates on asset finance, including infrastructure, leasing and securitizations. He focuses on planning and implementing asset finance transactions in the U.S. He has provided tax advisory services with respect to both private and public sector, U.S. domestic and cross-border, transactions financing infrastructure and other assets.
Edwin F. Feo, Partner, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy, Los Angeles. He co-chairs the firm's Project Finance and Energy Practice. He represents companies in the development, acquisition and financing of projects in the infrastructure and energy industries. He is consistently ranked in the top tier of lawyers nationally for transportation infrastructure, project finance and energy by Chambers USA.
The panel reviewed these and other key questions:
- What factors are driving the increased interest in public–private partnership deals?
- What common legal issues do lenders encounter in financing PPP deals?
- What financing sources are generally available for PPP deals?
- What are some best practices for lenders to minimize the legal risks inherent in financing PPP deals?
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