Major projects generate significant employment, investment, manufacturing and contracting opportunities and are an important contributor to economic prosperity. In addition, investment in those projects plays a major role in increasing private sector productivity. Financing is a key component of successful project delivery.

Minter Ellison's experienced project finance team has played a central role in a number of the Asia Pacific's largest and most complex infrastructure and resources transactions. We have expertise across all major industry sectors, including:

• energy and water (power stations, gas pipelines and transmission and distribution assets)
• infrastructure (toll roads, rail, ports and airports)
• resources (base metals, precious metals and chemicals)
• social infrastructure (hospitals, prisons, housing and schools)
• telecommunications (networks and cables).

Although project finance is a long-established technique to allow stand alone financing of major projects, it has proved adaptable to changing conditions. Our understanding of that versatility has assisted our team in offering innovative solutions to extend the reach of project finance to new delivery models such as public private partnerships.