Project Finance and Infrastructure
Sidley’s Project Finance and Infrastructure lawyers have been involved in structuring and documenting a broad variety of project finance transactions in many industries including electric power, alternative energy, infrastructure, pipelines, telecommunications, mining and manufacturing.
The firm’s lawyers represent all types of project participants including developers, equity investors, construction contractors, service providers (including offtakers, fuel suppliers and transporters and operation and maintenance providers), senior lenders, subordinated lenders and multilateral credit agencies.
Our lawyers have a comprehensive understanding of the needs of different project participants and are adept at crafting solutions that balance conflicting interests. Lawyers at Sidley regularly provide advice with respect to a broad range of finance, corporate, regulatory, tax, environmental and real property issues and negotiate, document and review the extensive contractual arrangements among project participants including construction contracts, offtake contracts, fuel supply agreements, fuel transportation agreements, operating and maintenance agreements and various agreements relating to the debt and equity financing for such projects.
Our practice is enhanced by our other practices which provide additional experience in
Energy Regulatory,
Environmental,
M&A and Private Equity,
Securities,
Structured Finance and Securitization,
Tax,
Real Estate,
Communications Regulatory,
Bankruptcy/Corporate Reorganization and
International Trade/Arbitration.
