Welcome to Chris Scoble
Agenda Brief introduction to Orrick Models for Infrastructure Development UK example of PFI and PPP (London Underground)
Orrick Today 690 Lawyers 1,550 Total Staff 13 offices in 5 countries on 3 continents Uniquely balanced within the US with an equal distribution of lawyers on both coasts. Growing presence in Europe and Asia. Strategically focused on high-value engagements in carefully selected practice areas, locations, and industry sectors.
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Orrick at a Glance: Our Practices FINANCE Bankruptcy and Debt Restructuring Energy & Project Finance Global Finance Leasing Public Finance Structured Finance CORPORATE Compensation and Benefits Mergers and Acquisitions Real Estate Tax LITIGATION Antitrust and Competition Employment Intellectual Property
Structured Finance
Source: The Bond Buyer, Tuesday, July 1, 2003 Public Finance
Energy & Project Finance
American Lawyer Dealmaker of the Year 2003 Nomination for Project Finance : Dan Matthews SR125 Toll Road in San Diego (CA) US$640 million Public Private Partnership Represented lead bank arrangers “A groundbreaking public-private project” (International Financial Law Review)
Changing Models for Infrastructure Development Mary Rose Brusewitz
Challenges Growing need for infrastructure development: power, transport, water and waste Competition for capital and developing local markets Can basic services generate sufficient profit to attract private sector? Sustainability of profit-making by private sector for basic services Risk and responsibility allocation
Structural Models Traditional State-owned and –operated model Privatization and deregulation during the 1990’s Public Private Partnerships Contractual and concession models U.S. municipal finance
Range of options of PSP
Finance Techniques Sovereign finance Project finance Structured finance or securitization Private or public sector company balance sheets Role of multilaterals and development banks and agencies
Allocation of responsibilities OptionAsset Ownership Operations & maintenance Capital investment Commercial risk Duration Service Contract PublicPublic and Private Public 1-2 years Management Contract PublicPrivatePublic 3-5 years LeasePublicPrivatePublicShared8-15 years ConcessionPublicPrivate years BOT/BOOPrivate and public Private years DivestiturePrivate or public and private Private Indefinite (may be limited by licence)
Matching Models and Techniques Legal, political and financial environments Analysis of both successful and failed models, techniques and projects Some types of infrastructure more easily attract private sector interest and risk appetites Creativity: combining models and techniques
U.S. Model: Municipal Finance Legal system promotes tax exempt financing and attracts ‘local’ and ‘retail’ capital Use of ratings or ‘balance sheets’ of States or municipalities to support infrastructure development with long term financing at comparatively low cost General obligations of States or municipalities with financial institution guaranty ‘Securitized’ tax or other directed revenues Results in combined participation of public and private sectors in a variety of areas including commercial and residential real estate development and small business support, as well as basic services Key: stability of legal and regulatory structures
London Underground PFI and PPP Martin Stewart-Smith
What was PFI? Public sector procurement to seek value for money by offering the opportunity to the private sector Had to beat the “public sector comparator” Initial problems were Lack of institutional capacity Lack of understanding of risk allocation High transaction costs The fixes were Setting up of the Treasury Task Force PFI Guidelines Standardization of documentation Risk matrices
LUL Seeboard Powerlink PFI Needed to upgrade the power supply to the underground (1997) Technical evaluation and bidding process Scope of the PFI project Decommissioning of dedicated power stations Lots Road and Greenwich Transfer of employees and certain LUL contracts Complex regimes of dependencies and variations Total project size of over $1.04 billion Separated ownership of the distribution network from LUL Successfully closed the financing in 1999
What is PPP? Public Private Partnership includes PFI as well as Outsourcing Marketing of irreducible spare capacity, under the Government's Wider Markets Initiative; and Strategic partnerships between Govt and key suppliers.
LUL PPP Separation between deep lines and ‘cut and cover’ lines Separation of track ownership from maintenance Creation of separate bid packages Various quality criteria as output driven contracts Obligation to raise finance Transfer of employees and contracts
Taking a good credit… Strong cash generator The securitized bond debate Keeping the network and maintenance together Splitting the financing from the operational arrangements Public Sector Borrowing Requirement Treasury comfort letter – ‘off balance sheet’ nature of the debt The Verdict?
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