Upcoming events

US P3 Infrastructure Forum: 22 - 23, June 2010, US (New York)

We are pleased to sponsor the 6th Annual US P3 Infrastructure Forum in New York City. This conference will focus on where the P3 markets are going to be, which states, cities and municipalities will offer the opportunities for P3 developers and how the market will continue its evolution as the public sector moves further up the maturity curve.

Please see the InfraNews website for more details.

Past events

Infrastructure Investors Forum: New York and London seminars 2010

The Freshfields global infrastructure and transport sector group is once again proud to be associated with the Infranews Infrastructure Investors Forum which will be help in London on 2 Feb 2010 and New York on 23 Feb 2010.

As the infrastructure M&A market moves closer to price equilibrium between buyers and sellers, the 2010 forum will discuss in detail the myriad of investment opportunities and the issues & challenges investors face in turning these into successful transactions.

Please see the InfraNews website for more details.

Financing High Speed Rail summit: 23 - 24 Feb 2010, US (Chicago, IL)

We are proud to be sponsors of the High Speed Rail USA summit. This conference focuses on the practical financing of high speed rail projects. It will bring together key members of the financial community, federal regulatory authorities, state departments of transport, high speed rail projects and the largest manufacturers and global suppliers of high speed rail to provide a platform for multi-stakeholder partnerships that will facilitate the future of profitable high speed rail.

Please see the American Business Conferences website for more details.

High Speed Rail World USA 2010: 19 - 21 April 2010, US (Washington, DC)

We are proud sponsors of the 2010 High Speed Rail World USA conference. The conference will bring together the rail industry's leaders and innovators to meet and discuss how to truly transform passenger travel throughout North America, as well as how to capitalize on the opportunities created through rail's strategic advantages in a market geared towards sustainability.

Please see the terrapinn website for more details.

WIG Political Breakfast Briefing June 2009

On 25 June 2009, Freshfields were pleased to host the Whitehall Industry Group (WIG) Political Breakfast Briefing. Peter Riddell, Chief Political Commentator of the Times reviewed the challenges and issues faced by Gordon Brown and the Labour Government over the past year and gave delegates an insight into the interesting political landscape in the run-up to the next General Election.

Transfin 2009

Our global infrastructure and transport sector group were proud sponsors of Transfin 2009, which was held at the Hilton Hotel, Barcelona, from 22-25 June 2009.

The discussion focussed around innovative financing techniques and debt/equity provision strategies. We launched our second annual Outlook for Infrastructure 2009 thought leadership piece which maps out the deal pipeline for infrastructure in various regions. It also debates the proposed economic stimulus that the infrastructure pipeline will bring to the worlds economy and its likely timing...

Infrastructure Investors Forum: New York and London seminars

In February 2009 our global infrastructure and transport sector group were proud to once again associate ourselves with the Infranews 'Infrastructure Investors Forum' for 2009. With infrastructure being a hot topic in the mind of most decision makers and at the forefront of the press we were please to be able to add to the debate by sponsoring the New York and London seminars and producing two overview briefings and a webcast on the outcomes from the events and the future of infrastructure in the downturn.

Global Airport Development (GAD) 2008

We were pleased to sponsor Global Airport Development (GAD) 2008 which was held at the Intercontinental Hotel, Budapest from 24-27th November 2008. The discussion focused on key industry issues including the continuation of the effective financing and development of airports. The future of European airports was another key issue discussed at the conference, with much of that discussion focusing on the findings of our thought leadership piece: Flying in the face of demand.

Seminar on Public Private Partnerships in Russia - 13 November

An international assembly of delegates from funders, industry players and public sector institutions attended a seminar entitled 'Public Private Partnerships in Russia' hosted by the PPP Forum and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer on 13 November 2008.

TransFin 2008

The Infrastructure and Transport group is pleased to sponsor TransFin 2008, Europe's most exciting event focussing on innovative financing for global transport and infrastructure projects across road, rail, ports, airports and highways maintenance. The conference will be held in Barcelona between 1-4 July 2008.

Topics to be covered include: Planning Transport in a Carbon Critical World; What has Changed in Terms of Debt Availability and Equity Terms for New Transactions?; Rolling Stock Financing - Another Form of Infrastructure Finance and Examining the Current Stage of Development and Prospects of Russian Transport Infrastructure Projects Within the Context of the Changing Legal Environment.

The IATA Legal Symposium 2008

The IATA Legal Symposium is the world's premier annual aviation law event, with a reputation for insight, relevance and value among aviation industry in-house counsel, private practitioners and government attorneys. The Symposium is known for outstanding speakers, a lively exchange of ideas and extensive networking opportunities and was held in Buenos Aires on 10-12 February.

The topics covered included: Airline Alliances, Mergers and Joint Ventures; The Protection of Passenger Privacy and Air Transportation Data; Focus on Latin America and Airline Insurance and Risk Management. Alan Ryan, one of our Aviation and Airports sub-sector leaders, spoke at the Symposium.

Infrastructure Investors Forum 2008

We were pleased to once again host the 2nd annual infrastructure investors forum, in collaboration with InfraNews, on 28 February 2008 at our offices. The one day briefing, entitled Investing in European Infrastructure as an Established Asset Class, brought together many leading infrastructure investors and financiers in a Chatham House rules environment. The topics covered included: the current state of the market, how parameters have changed in the past six months, the opening of new markets and recent changes in the debt markets.

To view the event programme, please see the Infrastructure Investors Forum brochure.

Flying in the face of demand

News

Freshfields advises AerCap on its $151 million notes issuance for two Airbus A330 aircraft View

Twin challenge of paying off debt while funding infrastructure investment requires government to act as incubator rather than owner of major infrastructure assets says Freshfields View

Briefings

Sanctions investigations by the World Bank and other multilateral development banks  View

Outlook for infrastructure 2010: a radical new road  View

Awards

Asia-Pacific infrastructure deal of the year - Project Finance Magazine Awards (2010)

APAC infrastructure deal of the year 2009 - Project Finance Magazine (2009)

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