Topic: Due-Dilligence in Infrastructure Projects: Key Issues for Africa Project Sponsors
Due diligence is an important part of any commercial finance transaction but it is absolutely critical in project finance transactions because projects are inherently risky. Hence the lenders and other relevant entities conduct a due diligence in order to try to determine, assess, the risks to which the operation is subject as well as to analyse the soundness and reliability of each one of the participants in the project.
These projects’ risks appraisals are, in this context, multidisciplinary evaluations of, among others, technical, legal, financial and environmental aspects of the projects aimed at detecting circumstances or events that may negatively impact the project thus leading to its total, or partial, failure, ultimately meaning, the impossibility of generating the cash flows required in order to reimburse the financing granted within the forecasted deadlines.
In this Brickstone InfraWebinar Session, our Guest Speaker, ASHWIN WEST, would give us insights into industry best practices in Due Dillligence in Infrastructure Projects and the Key Issues Africa Project Sponsors need to consider.
Guest Speaker Profile:
Ashwin West, Head of Sustainable Infrastructure Investments
Ashwin is responsible for BlueOrchard’s sustainable infrastructure investment team, overseeing the origination and execution of infrastructure transactions across emerging and frontier markets. Prior to joining BlueOrchard in 2021, he was an Investment Director at African Infrastructure Investment Managers, formerly a Macquarie-Old Mutual joint venture. He has over 20 years of experience across the full infrastructure project lifecycle (project development, equity and debt investments, asset management). Ashwin holds an MBA from the Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, South Africa
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