Description

Course Objectives

This course is meant to equip participants with an overview of Project Finance by taking them through all stages of a Project Finance transaction, so that they can apply the techniques of Project Finance.

At the end of the course, students should be able to;

• Apply a structured and systematic approach to financing projects using some of the techniques of Project Finance
• Recognize the key characteristics of a robust project and identify the weakest links in the transaction
• Use qualitative and quantitative tools and measures to distinguish the key risks
• Interpret each of the risks to determine their severity and potential impact on the transaction structure
• Appreciate how the mechanisms in the transaction documents operate to protect the creditors and evaluate the protection provided
• Build a credit rationale in order to make and substantiate investment decisions

Course Content

• Bond financing for infrastructure projects
• Financial modeling for infrastructure investment
• Revenue or demand risk for transportation projects
• Infrastructure allocations for institutional investors
• Default risk in project finance
• Technology risk and project finance
• Early stage project development
• Project company legal agreements and structuring
• Private infrastructure fund management structuring
• Infrastructure procurement via public-private partnerships

Training Format:

• All materials are made available through our Online Learning Platform
• Students should commit approximately 5-6 hours of their time per week

Materials Provided:

Online delivery of curriculum materials, exercises and templates.

Assignments:

In order to demonstrate their understanding of the course content, students will be required to submit assignments at the end of every month.