International Project Finance

Timetable for 'International Project Finance' courses

Duration: 3 days

Entering or working in the ever changing world of project finance requires continuous learning. This challenging field attracts the brightest minds of finance to create complex structures with implications on legal, operational and financial risks. No other field attracts such a wide mix of backgrounds from lawyers, actuaries and credit analysts, engineers and economists. To succeed in project finance it is crucial to have a detailed knowledge of all building blocks of a project finance transaction from the different perspectives of stakeholders and environments.

This highly interactive course is designed and delivered by a team of specialists who deal with these aspects on a daily basis. It will give you a complete understanding of the key elements of project finance and the tools you need to succeed.

International Project Finance will help you and your team to

• Gain an understanding of the entire Project Finance project lifetime
• Understand all stakeholders’ motivations and concerns to assist when you are on the other side
• Learn how to analyse and avoid/mitigate the key risks in projects
• Understand the characteristics of a successful project finance project
• Gain from the knowledge and experience of your classmates in an interactive environment

Who should attend this course?

This course has been designed to suit an audience from a wide range of professions. It can also be further tailored to suit the needs of you and your team, regardless of the area or industry that you work in. Not only will you learn from some of the most talented project financiers in the industry in this course, but you will also meet like minded people, take away a new set of skills and gain a strong appreciation of the tools and techniques being applied in the project finance industry today.

Course outline

Project finance industry overview

• Learn about industries involved, emerging industries and the differences between them
• Review past project finance success stories and failures
• Understand the strengths of project finance and drivers for its use

Project Finance process walkthrough using real life case studies

• Understand the different phases of Construction, Completion and Operations and the objectives of each
• Discuss the challenges of making it to financial close
• Review and discuss real life case studies

Key parties in a transaction and what they want

• Discuss the key parties and the role they play
• Analyse the motivations and concerns of parties and the effect this has on the project
• Look closely into the role of investors in the project finance process

Structuring and negotiation

• Learn the stages in the structuring and negotiation process
• Achieve stronger negotiation and structuring skills

Key risks in a project and how they are handled

• Identify the key risks
• Discuss the structuring techniques of the financial risks
• Learn about structuring of other key risks

Funding sources and debt structuring

• Appreciate the different funding sources
• Learn how the source effects the risk profile
• Understand the advantages of each and the differences in implementation

Project Finance Analysis and assessment

• Review the components of due diligence and what they address
• Discover the importance of the financial model
• Gain key credit analysis skills and an approach to assessing and modelling a project

Applications of the lessons learnt

• Discuss what can go wrong and how to deal with it
• Review case studies of real projects
• Look at the future perspective of project finance

Timetable for 'International Project Finance'

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