
Explore how infrastructure and energy projects move from drawing board to implementation. Understand project financing, lenders, and sponsor roles, plus key documents like concession agreements.
Understand the typical infrastructure project structure, from government project proponent and SPV to concession agreements, senior lenders, sponsors, and operators, including greenfield and brownfield distinctions.
India lacks a central PPP act; sector acts enable PPPs, while state guidelines and central funding norms shape viability and implementation.
Explore bpp modes in infrastructure, including dbfot and bot structures. Understand land lease or license and government payments in 15–60 year road and airport concessions.
Break down the two design phases in ppp projects: government-led and private party design. Explain how building, financing, operation and maintenance, and transfer to government shape the lifecycle.
Identify how a highway project moves from need assessment to due diligence, regulatory approvals, and bid document drafting, with lawyers shaping feasibility, regulations, and contracts.
Explore sources of finance for infrastructure projects, including equity, debt, and quasi equity, with sponsor funding, internal supplier credits, and national and multilateral options like the Asian Development Bank.
Lenders appoint counsel to conduct detailed due diligence on borrowers and project documents, produce a structured report with executive summary, compliance insights, risk flags, and recommendations.
Explore the term sheet and key financing documents for project finance, detailing debt-to-equity structures, interest, repayment, prepayment, covenants, events of default, and exclusivity.
Explore key loan agreement clauses, including loan facility, availability, drawdown, end-use, representations and warranties, covenants, financial covenants, events of default, and dispute resolution.
Explore the securities in project finance, including cash-flow receivables, hypothecation, pledged shares, assignments, and substitution and escrow arrangements that govern lender protection.
Lenders report credit information to credit information companies and bureaus, register charges with the central registry for securitization and asset reconstruction, and ensure stamp duty and notary for admissible documents.
Specialize in energy and infrastructure projects and project finance, covering structuring, financing, and disputes. Work with governments, private developers, banks, and funds on airports, roads, power plants, renewable energy projects.
About this course - Dual certification course
SkillxPro brings you a comprehensive course on Projects and Projects Finance in which you will learn and understand every element of transactions involving setting up a project and financing of a project, including the major stakeholders, contracts involved (its terms, interpretation, etc.), and regulatory aspects. You will experience the complete transaction cycle starting from identification of a project, to financing, to the closing of the transaction. You will gain insight into the complexities and dilemmas that arise in these transactions. This course takes an interdisciplinary approach to a project's transaction including structuring of projects, transactions and financing, various regulatory considerations, disputes, etc.
Increased Demand for Projects Lawyer
The increased impetus to develop infrastructure in the country is attracting both domestic and international players. Private sector is emerging as a key player across various infrastructure segments, ranging from roads and communications to the power and energy sectors. In May 2018, India ranked 4th in the Asia Pacific region out of 25 nations on an index that measures its overall power. India is ranked fourth in wind power, fifth in solar power, and fifth in renewable power installed capacity as of 2018. India ranked sixth in list of countries to make most investments in clean energy with US$ 90 billion. Investment Scenario - Large investment in infrastructure has provided momentum to overall PE/VC investments into India which touched an all-time high where infrastructure recorded US$ 1.4 billion during October 2019 accounting 43 percent of all the investment of the month. Between April 2000 and June 2019, the industry attracted US$ 14.54 billion in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), accounting for 3 percent of total FDI inflows in India.
The boom in Infrastructure, Energy and Projects sector is carrying over to the legal profession, with many law firms and corporate expanding teams in these fields. As a result, lawyers and employees with the right skill set in Infrastructure, Energy and Projects may have their pick of jobs.
Gain in-demand skill sets
When you finish, you will be adept at drafting major agreements, conduct due diligence, negotiate key terms, understand the commercial nature of project transactions, and advice your company and/or client. You’ll be able to apply the acquired skills to justify each stage of the transaction. You will be appropriately equipped to advise different stakeholders including sponsors, lenders, institutional investors, infrastructure and pension funds, commercial banks, corporations, developers, insurance companies and governmental entities across the spectrum of infrastructure asset classes. With the course's unique combination of skills and experience, you will be able to provide clients with integrated advice and guide them through difficult issues on their most important transactions.
Learn and understand each stage of a project (development) and a project finance transaction
Learn the drafting and working on project financing transaction including a term sheet, loan agreement, and security documents
Understand the structure of aforesaid transaction including arrangements and agreements between key parties
Learn and understand in detail the nuances of the PPP Model and a typical lifecycle of a PPP project
Learn the due diligence process carried out during project financing
Understand the bidding process in projects transaction and documents involved therein
Learn the negotiation between parties at pre and post procurement stage
Understand the regulatory framework in relation to procurement process and project financing
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