Project Finance

Catalog description

This course is designed to introduce students to project financing and the many legal and practical considerations in advising clients in these transactions. This course will focus on the application of project financing for financing infrastructure projects, such as power plants, telecommunication systems, water treatment plants, toll roads as well as large industrial plants all of which generate revenue in exchange for the output of the project, i.e., electricity, water supply or required commodities. This course will also examine actual transaction documents, key provisions and issues that arise negotiating these agreements. Students will also be introduced to financial models which are the key economic measure of any project financing.