• Strategic Planning and Economic Development
• Affordability and Value For Money
• Feasibility, Valuation and Market Studies
• Innovation Advisory, Smart Cities
• Project Finance
  • Options Analysis
  • Risk Allocations
  • Transaction Structure
  • Pro-forma Financial Analysis
• Contracting Strategy
• Bid, Negotiations and Award
• Project/Program/Process Management
• Construction Monitoring, Audits
• Asset Management
• Technology Strategy & Implementation

• Outsourced Bid Preparation
  • Teaming & Partnering
  • RFP Evaluation
  • Risk Assessment
  • Coordination with Consultants
  • Financial Model
  • Negotiations
• Unsolicited Proposals
• Innovation Advisory
• Asset Management
• Financing and Refinancing Support
• Technology Strategy & Implementation

• Due Diligence
• Asset Management
  • Performance Improvement
  • Sustainability
• Refinancing Support
• Technology Strategy & Implementation

• Outsourced Representation on Bids
• Independent Due Diligence on Bids
• Due Diligence for Acquisitions
• Market Research
• Innovation Advisory

We lay the foundations for the development of public or private sector capability and capacity, and help to develop institutional structures and capability, as well as identify project pipelines and delivery strategies. From a PPP/P3 pipelines perspective, we've helped develop and establish models in Eurasia.

We develop business or investment cases to enable international infrastructure investment, and promote economic growth, social prosperity and sustainable development. We apply international good practice; implement custom solutions to develop bankable projects or investable businesses; and prepare technical documentation and commercial performance frameworks, as well as specifications and assurance and monitoring frameworks and processes for design, construction and project or asset operations. By assessing project feasibility, we ensure plans are achievable and deliverable.

We build new procurement models, prepare tender documents, and conduct due diligence reviews. By bringing certainty and clarity to complex projects during this key market interaction phase, we ensure the highest standards of quality and effectiveness.

We give investors, funders, and funds the assurance to invest with confidence by connecting with our global network of technical experts. As a team we: review technical and commercial proposals, and stakeholder capability and contractual arrangements; conduct in-depth technical, economic, environmental, social due diligence, and appraise complex performance models and frameworks; identify and allocate residual risks at all stages of procurement, deal closure, construction, and operations; and help to secure additional multilateral or development finance for complex transactions in less developed economies. We also advise on acquisitions of multi-sector portfolios of infrastructure assets.

We provide whole-life asset assurance services. We help investors and managers continue to deliver and improve on successful projects, protect investments, ensuring optimum performance through construction and operations to the end of concession, or through asset divestment in a non-project corporate infrastructure finance environment.

The practice works with an array of clients in the Infrastructure financing space on adopting new and innovative financial instruments, advising clients on structuring options for monetizing infrastructure assets and deleveraging and on setting up Government-led market-making development fund structures to seed and develop Infrastructure assets of nation-building and strategic importance.
Illustrative areas of work under the Infrastructure Finance umbrella with various client groups are summarized below:

• Developers / Investors / Financial Institutions / Asset Reconstruction companies Opportunity mapping and growth strategy
• Asset monetization, financial structuring / restructuring assistance (viz., IDFs/IFCs/InvITs)
• Deal and transaction advisory: M&A, buy/sell-side deals, valuation, due diligence, appraisals
• Portfolio management and monitoring

Governments, Development Financing institutions and Multi-laterals

• Establish/operationalize nodal Infrastructure Funds, and Institutions
• Design of new Instruments/Credit enhancements
• Asset monetization strategy and implementation

Infrastructure development and service delivery are top priorities for governments across the globe to achieve sustained economic growth. The traditional sources of finance for governments for infrastructure creation, viz. budgetary allocations are usually strained with increased demand for improved quality infrastructure creation and service delivery. Therefore, governments across the globe are adopting the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model to mobilize private capital and operational efficiencies for infrastructure creation and service delivery. Aligned with this agenda of governments across the globe, PPP advisory has been a key focus area for Westport Capital Infrastructure Advisory.

We provide end-to-end PPP advisory to clients including advice on creating PPP enabling environment, PPP transaction advisory, post bid contract management, and PPP capacity building.

Enabling frameworks for PPPs and financing

As a part advisory services for creating the PPP enabling environment, we support our clients in structuring the PPP Policy, the Institutional Framework for PPPs, the Legal and Regulatory Framework governing PPPs, the Standard Operating Procedures to structure bankable and viable PPPs, and the Best Practices for PPP Contract Management. We also support clients in designing various types of financial support mechanisms to enable smooth implementation of PPPs including, Project Development Funds (PDF) to support PPP project preparation at par with international standards, Viability Gap Financing (VGF) and other Government Support Mechanisms (GSM) and Credit Enhancement Mechanisms (CEM) to enable PPPs avail long term financing.

Transaction advisory services

As a part of the PPP transaction advisory services, we support our clients from conceptualization to commercial closure of a PPP deal. Specific areas of support include, (i) identification, prioritization, and creation of a PPP project pipeline, (ii) project suitability for implementation through the PPP route, (iii) project preparation including feasibility assessment, project structuring and risk assessment, (iv) bid process management including structuring of bid documents, bidding process, contract negotiations and commercial closure.

Post award management and capacity building

As a part of the post bid contract management and capacity building services, we support our clients in fulfilling their PPP contract obligations during the Conditions Precedent (CP) period post commercial close. We also provide capacity building support to our clients through customized training programs on PPP Project Preparation and Structuring, Financial Feasibility and Risk Assessment, Bid Process Management, Infrastructure Financing, and Viability Gap Funding.

Even as devolution and decentralization of Government spending has slowly but surely taken roots in Eurasia and several other emerging economies, there is a need among Governments at various levels (Federal, State and Local levels) to put in place frameworks for managing expenditure better and more efficiently and to allocate and spend funds to deliver development outcomes in prudent, efficient, and transparent manner. There is also a need to undertake structural reforms that enable progressive taxation, revenue buoyancy and tap other avenues including disinvestment and asset monetisation, to release greater level of resources to development needs and poverty alleviation. Judicious access to capital market financing of projects of critical importance while being fiscally responsible is another challenge governments need to tackle.

Our services in the area of Public Finance covers the following areas of support to Governments at National, State and Local levels:

• Economic Vision and Agenda setting for Governments
• Governance reforms and Capacity building
• Fiscal Planning and Debt Management strategy
• Formulation of enabling policy / regulatory frameworks
• Feasibility evaluation to establish and operationalize Infrastructure Funds and Institutions
• Medium term Expenditure management frameworks
• Strategy and Business Plans for Public sector entities and institutions
• Asset monetization strategy and implementation
• Roadmap for accessing Capital Markets
• Program Implementation support