The uniqueness of INFRALEX expertise is in the organic integration of PPP instruments into the client 's business. Our approach is based on global best practices and real experience of their implementation in Russia and the CIS. Our clients include high-tech companies wishing to apply their technical developments to solving national problems, construction holding groups interested in major contracts in the field of infrastructure projects, developers and professional investors.

INFRALEX project structuring services include:

• Analysis of project goals and objectives, project economy, market situation, statutory and regulatory control, identification of sources of financing, mechanisms of return of investments, assessment of possibility of attracting loan financing, assessment of project risks
• Review and comparative analysis of possible models of project implementation taking into account the experience of similar projects implementation in Russia and globally, the total cost of the project, optimal risk distribution, the need to change the statutory and regulatory control
• Selection of the optimal organizational and legal model that secures the structure of the future transaction chosen by the client
• Development of the main provisions of the key agreement, as well as formation of the general contractual model of the project, the chart of capital and property movement, risk distribution among the participants of the transaction
• If necessary, develop the framework for changing the legislation to ensure the implementation and control of the PPP project

PCI is a procedure for concluding a concession agreement without holding a tender on the basis of a proposal by a private party that shall be the future concessionaire. PCI allows to significantly accelerate the launch of the concession project and to reduce the costs of competitive procedures for both public and private parties.

INFRALEX provides support for transactions under PCI procedures for both private and public parties.

For the private party, INFRALEX provides the following services:

• "Design of the deal": preparation of the organizational and legal framework, including contractual model development, reducing risks of the initiator of the deal and ensuring its competitive advantages over potential bidders
• Support for preliminary discussion of the concession agreement with the public party that is the intended grantor, as well as with financing organizations, co-investors, other interested parties
• Preparation of the proposal for the concession agreement, including an agreed upon draft of the concession agreement
• Support for negotiations regarding the terms of the concession agreement from the side of the initiator
• Providing support for the commercial and financial closing procedures

For the public party, INFRALEX provides the following support for PCI procedures:

• Forming a negotiating group, including specialists and responsible officials of all relevant competences
• Developing the overall negotiation strategy of the customer, including initial negotiation position, boundary conditions, etc.
• In cooperation with other consultants and experts, preparing a well-reasoned position of the client for negotiations
• Enacting organizational measures: preparing the agenda of negotiations, minutes, non-concurrence statements, conducting communication
• Ensuring iterative work such as consolidation of negotiated positions within key PPP project agreements and further implementation of these provisions in main agreements and secondary and tertiary covenants