Principles of project finance / E.R. Yescombe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yescombe, E. R.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Project management--Finance.

Project management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 560 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, 2014.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The second edition of this best-selling introduction for practitioners uses new material and updates to describe the changing environment for project finance. Integrating recent developments in credit markets with revised insights into making project finance deals, the second edition offers a balanced view of project financing by combining legal, contractual, scheduling, and other subjects. Its emphasis on concepts and techniques makes it critical for those who want to succeed in financing large projects. With extensive cross-references, a comprehensive glossary, and online spreadsheets tha

Contents:

Front Cover; Principles of Project Finance; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; 1 Introduction; 2 What is Project Finance?; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Definition and Basic Characteristics; 2.3 Development of Project Finance; 2.4 Elements of a Project-Finance Structure; 2.5 Examples of Project-Finance Structures; 2.5.1 Process-Plant projects; 2.5.2 Infrastructure Projects; 2.5.3 Other Structures; 2.6 Why Use Project Finance?; 2.6.1 Why Investors Use Project Finance; 2.6.2 The Benefits of Project Finance to Third Parties; 3 Project Development and Management

3.1 Introduction3.2 Sponsors and Other Investors; 3.2.1 Passive and Secondary Investors; 3.2.2 Public-Sector Shareholders; 3.3 Project Development; 3.4 The Rôle of Advisors; 3.4.1 Financial Advisor; 3.4.2 Legal Advisor; 3.4.3 Other Advisors; 3.5 Joint-Venture Issues; 3.6 The Project Company; 3.6.1 Structure; 3.6.2 Shareholder Agreement; 3.6.3 Management and Operations; 3.7 Public Procurement; 3.7.1 Project Management; 3.7.2 Advisors; 3.7.3 Project Development; 3.7.4 Procurement Systems; 3.7.5 Pre-Qualification; 3.7.6 Request for Proposals; 3.7.7 Negotiation

3.7.8 Bid Evaluation3.7.9 Dealing with Bids; 3.7.10 Competitive Bidding for Sub-Contracts; 3.7.11 Unsolicited Bids; 3.7.12 Relationship with the Lenders; 3.7.13 Contract Management; 4 The Project-Finance Markets; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Commercial Banks; 4.2.1 Areas of Activity; 4.2.2 Banks in the Market; 4.3 Bonds; 4.3.1 The U.S. Bond Market; 4.3.2 Wrapped Bonds; 4.3.3 The International Bond Market; 4.4 Other Non-Bank Lenders; 4.5 Other Sources of Private-Sector Debt; 4.5.1 Mezzanine Debt; 4.5.2 Lease Finance; 4.5.3 Vendor Finance; 4.5.4 Islamic Finance

5 Working with Lenders5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Commercial Banks; 5.2.1 Organizational Structure; 5.2.2 Project Finance and Structured Finance; 5.2.3 Lead Arrangers; 5.2.4 Letters of Intent; 5.2.5 Bank Rôles; 5.2.6 Financial Model; 5.2.7 Term Sheet, Underwriting, and Documentation; 5.2.8 Information Memorandum and Syndication; 5.2.9 Loan Agency; 5.2.10 Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLOs); 5.3 Bonds; 5.3.1 The Investment Bank and the Credit Rating Agencies; 5.3.2 Paying Agent, Trustees and Controlling Creditor; 5.4 Bank Loans Versus Bonds

5.5 Lenders' Due-Diligence and External Advisors5.5.1 Due Diligence; 5.5.2 Legal Advisors; 5.5.3 Lenders' Engineer; 5.5.4 Insurance Advisor; 5.5.5 Model Auditor; 5.5.6 Other Advisors; 5.5.7 Pre-appointment of Lenders' Advisors; 5.5.8 Use of Advisors' Time; 5.6 Lenders and the Public-Procurement Process; 5.6.1 Bank Debt; 5.6.2 Bonds; 6 Types of Project Agreement; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 BOT, BTO et al.; 6.3 Offtake Contract; 6.3.1 Types of Offtake Contract; 6.3.2 PPA Structure; 6.3.3 Construction Phase; 6.3.4 Operation of the Plant; 6.3.5 Tariff; 6.3.6 Penalties

6.4 Availability-based Contract

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 9, 2013).

ISBN:

9780124157552

0124157556

OCLC:

872699694