Our Project Finance team has vast local and international experience advising sponsors, borrowers, contractors, financiers and other parties on commercial and financing aspects of major projects (including Public Private Partnerships).

Our team has advised on major projects in a wide range of industry sectors including infrastructure, energy, resources, tourism, health, defence and telecommunications. Our team draws on our specialist knowledge in areas such as finance, tax, property, construction, planning and environmental to ensure we deliver innovative and practical solutions to our clients.

Our team includes experts on the new PPP roading legislation, having advised the Ministry of Transport on the development of the Land Transport Management Act 2003. In addition, our lawyers have a wealth of PPP experience in international markets in areas such as road, rail and social infrastructure.

 

Our membership of the Minter Ellison Legal Group means that we work with the leading Major Projects practitioners in Australia who have helped to shape PPP legislation there. For example, Minter Ellison was retained by the Victorian Government's Department of Treasury and Finance to advise on documentation for the Partnerships Victoria initiative, the definitive PPP regime in Australia. Minter Ellison also assisted with the development of a Partnerships Victoria standard risk matrix and the overview documents. Our team works closely with our Australian counterparts in the Minter Ellison Legal Group and we have undertaken a number of joint initiatives in the area of PPPs which, together with our experience and our close links with government and major domestic and international industry players, mean that we are positioned at the forefront of PPP advisory work in New Zealand.