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                     INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC PROJECT DEVELOPMENT,
                                                     ACQUISITION AND FINANCE

The Souffront Group has advised on most legal, commercial and financial aspects of energy, power,
telecommunications  and  infrastructure  project  development,  acquisition and finance in the  United
States, Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and Africa, from initial project structuring for  tax
and  regulatory  purposes, through the negotiation of key project agreements to financial closing and
post- closing matters.  Services include:

  • Structuring   relationships   between   key   project   participants,   including  joint  development
    agreements, joint venture agreements, strategic alliances, limited partnership agreements and
    limited liability company agreements governed by either US or foreign laws

  • Assisting with tax and regulatory structuring and compliance

  • Negotiation and review of critical and key project agreements, including

    > Power Purchase Agreements  
    > Interconnection Agreements
    > Tolling Agreements
    > Engineering, Procurement and Construction Agreements
    > Operation and Maintenance Agreements
    > Fuel Supply, Procurement, and Transportation Agreements

  • Liaise   with,   and   coordination   and   management   of,   local counsel,   consultants, capital
    providers, strategic partners, joint venturers and other stakeholders

  • Liaise  with  the  clients’ in-house functions  and  segments  such as legal, finance, accounting,
    commercial development and board of directors

  • Implementation  agreements,  concession contracts,  government guarantees and other forms
    of support

  • Multilateral lending agency financing

  • Legal aspects of doing business in civil law countries

  • Compliance with local legal requirements and coordination of local counsel

  • Assistance with international and domestic tax planning

  • Arbitration, arbitration treaties and enforceability of arbitration awards

  • Foreign Corrupt Practices Act compliance and training

  • Political risk insurance and other risk management strategies

  • Language capabilities in Spanish and English