CMS has been involved in some of the most significant and ground-breaking infrastructure and public projects throughout the world. We offer comprehensive legal advice, both to the public sector and to private investors, sponsors, banks and other financial institutions.
These types of projects are often quite complex and necessitate that CMS calls together legal teams of specialists from the areas of public law, procurement, construction, corporate, banking and financing, employment and tax law.
Wide Range of Legal and Tax Services
The CMS Infrastructure and Project Finance Sector Group offers a wide range of legal and tax services related to the design, construction, financing, operation, maintenance, and insurance of infrastructure and project finance, including:
- Concession agreements
- Conception of projects
- DBFO agreements
- PPP/PFI service agreements
- Construction, O&M and FM contracts
- Legal advice and representation in contractual negotiations
- Commercial bank, development bank, capital markets and ECA documentation
- Invitations to tender and award of contracts
- Equity and subordinated debt investments
- Joint venture or consortium agreements
- EU and other international procurement directives
- Health and safety issues
Clients Benefit from Our Experience
Clients benefit from a wide range of experience developed across Europe, India, Africa, Asia and the Americas. We work closely with sponsors, lenders and the public sector, which means that our advice is realistic, practical, commercial and above all, based upon previous experience of having addressed many of the issues involved. Our clients have come from the following sectors:
- Public sector
- Sponsors / private sector
- Banks and other lenders
- Health care services
- Education
- Infrastructure, structural engineering and telecommunications
- Law enforcement, defence and military
- Sport and leisure
- Transportation
- Electricity, gas, oil and water
- Information technology