[Current Update Release 7]
International Project Financing provides a chapter-by-chapter analysis and discussion of each aspect of project financing and is designed for use throughout the world. The work provides an analysis of project finance principles, as well as specific risk and contract assessment that form the basis of project finance transactions. The book also identifies key project and financing documents that are typically utilized in project finance transactions, and includes chapters addressing unique issues involved in procuring project financing for specific types of infrastructure projects. As an added bonus and practice aid, the work provides, on CD-ROM, over 70 useful reference and practice forms of agreements reflecting the major documents required for a project financing transaction, these are actual documents used by the authors on various projects throughout the world.
The fourth edition of International Project Financing continues to represent the leading reference work on the subject. The authors have a combined 50 years in the field and have handled project finance work in over 50 jurisdictions world-wide.
Deborah DeMasi is Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington University Law School and former Partner in the Washington DC office of Nixon Peabody LLP. She was named one of the world's leading project finance lawyers by Euromoney Magazine and, more recently, in the Guide to the World's Leading Project Finance Lawyers. Numerous transactions for which she was engaged as counsel have been named "Deals of the Year" by various domestic and international trade publications She has lectured on finance and other matters for the DC Bar Association and the NYC Bar Association, as well as at numerous conferences.
Kenneth B. Weiner is Counsel in the Washington DC office of Nixon Peabody LLP. His practice focuses on the development of energy projects and construction law, both domestically and internationally and has provided counsel on energy projects and related matters in Pakistan, India, Kyrghyzstan, Nigeria, Guatemala, Guam, Jamaica, Indonesia, Malaysia, Oman, Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Columbia and Honduras. Mr. Weiner, prior to practicing law, practiced civil engineering for ten years.
"International Project Financing, Fourth Edition is a comprehensive volume, and is organized in meticulous detail. The book provides a strong blend of practical, as well as legal, information, so that this Fourth Edition will be useful to both the commercial practitioner and project counsel alike. Sprinkled liberally throughout the text are helpful boxes for easy reference, to provide the reader with "Planning Notes," "Sample Definitions" and "Sample Clauses." At the end of each chapter is a Checklist, which in and of itself is invaluable. The CD-ROM that accompanies the book provides a wealth of sample documentation across every conceivable functional need (74 documents in all).
As befits the title, the first substantive chapter provides a thorough presentation of "Host Country" issues to be addressed. This is followed by equally excellent chapters on all components of a project financing, from the Feasibility Study which gets everything started, to thorough sections on Credit, Security, Partnership and other key elements of project documentation. There are also sector-specific chapters, which provide clear guidance in areas such as Mining, Sea Transportation and Electricity Generation. It is extremely helpful that references in the text will point you specifically to the relevant sample document in the accompanying CD-ROM.
Because of its depth of detail on all relevant legal aspects, combined with its helpful and practical discussions on the commercial level, International Project Financing, Fourth Edition should be on the bookshelf of every executive involved in the project finance field, whether a lawyer, developer, investor, lender or vendor."
-Robert O. Gurman, Professorial Lecturer in International Economics, Johns Hopkins University -School of Advanced International Studies
