Our Infrastructure team at Finocchio e Ustra advises national and international clients on the structuring, contracting and implementation of infrastructure projects, as well as financing structures for projects of this nature.

Our area has solid experience in various infrastructure sectors and works with a multidisciplinary team, thus ensuring complete, effective and personalized solutions.

 

Among the main areas of practice, the following stand out:

  • Regulatory advice to verify compliance with the standards of each sector involved in the project;
  • Advice on structured contracts in projects of this nature, such as construction contracts, EPC, EPC-M, turnkey, O&M, among others;
  • Assistance in the analysis and preparation of integrated contractual models, such as Alliance Contracts, Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), Framework Alliance Agreement (FAC-1), among others;
  • Legal and fiscal structuring and formalization of projects aiming at accounting and fiscal, logistics and production efficiency gains;
  • Consulting in public procurement processes involving the management and administration of infrastructure assets, such as authorizations, concessions, public-private partnerships (PPP), leasing, among others;
  • Assistance in the presentation of infrastructure projects to public administration, either within the scope of the Expression of Interest Procedure (PMI) or through an Unsolicited Proposal (PNS);
  • Participation in public hearings and advice on public consultations involving the concession of infrastructure assets;
  • Advising clients on arbitration proceedings, economic-financial re-balancing claims and dispute boards;
  • Analysis of infrastructure projects from the perspective of compliance and compatibility with the ESG agenda;
  • Advice on the environmental licensing process for infrastructure projects, as well as advice aimed at promoting expropriations, when such responsibility lies with the concessionaire;
  • Advice on structuring and financing projects.

Partners and Area Coordinators

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