Infrastructure and Project Finance

PRACTICE AREAS

We provide legal counsel for infrastructure projects, supporting entrepreneurs, investors, and public partners in the technical, contractual, and financial structuring of strategic ventures.

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Comprehensive legal support in infrastructure and energy projects

CPDMA’s practice covers all legal stages of projects in the infrastructure, energy, mining, and oil & gas sectors, including contractual structuring, financing, and regulatory relations. We provide support in structuring public-private partnership (PPP) projects, EPC and EPCM contracts, guarantees, ANP regulatory matters, and investment structuring at different stages. With a multidisciplinary approach, we deliver legal solutions aligned with governance, performance, and legal security for projects.

Practices

CONTRACTS
Legal instruments for infrastructure projects.

Particular focus on agreements and contracts such as turn-key, built-to-suit, Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC), and Engineering Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM), covering key instruments and contracts essential to engineering and construction projects.

LEGAL STUDIES
Legal framework for project structuring.

Includes the definition of legal models and preparation of studies aimed at developing public-private partnership (PPP) projects and related initiatives, with an emphasis on legal and contractual feasibility.

PROJECT FINANCE
Legal advisory in raising structured funds

Covers support in securing financing for specific projects, including drafting the required legal instruments and providing counsel in negotiations.

SECURITY AGREEMENTS
Legal certainty in financing operations.

Encompasses drafting, negotiating, and reviewing contracts linked to project financing, such as financing agreements, real and personal guarantees, and ancillary instruments.

UPSTREAM, MIDSTREAM E DOWNSTREAM
Legal structuring in oil & gas value chains.

Advisory services include structuring and implementing projects in the exploration, transport, and distribution stages of oil and gas, covering regulatory negotiations, legal risks, and licensing agreements.

NATIONAL PETROLEUM AGENCY
Administrative representation and sectoral regulation.

Representation in administrative proceedings before the ANP, including regulatory drafting and compliance, legal negotiations, and technical support on matters related to energy sector regulation.