The Law and Business of International Project Finance: A Resource for Governments, Sponsors, Lenders, Lawyers and Project Participants (Second Edition)

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Summary: Excellent and comprehensive
Review: A well thought out treatise on project finance covering not just the legal issues, but also from a commercial perspective. One of the better books on the subject

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Summary: Brilliant
Review: This is the one project finance book I keep at my desk and take with me on business trips. It is invaluable. The book is filled with important information I need when working on a project finance deal (sample contract provisions; explanations of currency risks; financing sources; World Bank lending characteristics; political risk insurance; and on and on. The author manages to do the impossible--he combines legal and business aspects of project finance in an easy-to-use format, from a real life perspective. Each part of a project finance deal is addressed in separate chapters.

My only criicism is that the author uses the European-favored expansive table of contents, rather than a detailed index. Yet, the book is so well organized that the information is easy to find.

It's clearly the best legal and business book on project finance available. It gives me, as a business person, a real edge.

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Summary: Excellent
Review: We bought a copy for our project finance/infrastructure finance dept. at our bank. It's excellent, especially the due diligence checklist