Submissions for Deals of the Year 2011
Project Finance Magazine is Euromoney Publications' flagship international infrastructure finance title. It has been publishing for 27 years and covers a range of sectors including oil & gas, power, renewables, transport and public-private-partnership. The magazine's subscribers are global and comprise project developers, bankers, consultants, lawyers, multilaterals and the public sector.
The Project Finance Awards - started 13 years ago - are for innovation, deal repeatability, best practice, problem solving, risk mitigation, value for money and speed of delivery in the financing of infrastructure projects, large or small.
All deals are vetted by our team of journalists and shortlisted via a weighting system based on the categories above. The shortlist is debated by the team and independent industry contacts. The final decisions are made via a further, more detailed, weighting system. On average 300-350 of the best deals of the given year are entered for the awards.
Since the liquidity crunch of 2008, followed by the September collapse of Lehman, we have judged all deals in the context of the lending climate at time of financial close, whilst also giving repeatability of deal structure in the new climate a slightly higher weighting than in previous years.
Project Finance will be holding its 2011 awards ceremonies in London, New York, Hong Kong and Dubai in early 2011.
Venue and timing details can be obtained from
dsamuel@euromoneyny.com, kkingston@euromoneyny.com, mcarter@euromoneyplc.com, nmahabir@euromoneyplc.com
Project Finance Deals of the Year 2011 Entry Guidelines
Submissions are invited for the 2011 Deal of the Year awards.
Final close date is December 5 2011 - but any deals that have yet to close and are due by December 31 may be included if we are given prior notice.
Eligibility: All deals must have reached financial close or been underwritten in 2011
The awards will include the following sectors...
Power (including transmission)
Oil & Gas (including LNG, pipelines, independent E&P)
Renewables
Petrochemicals
Utilities
Water and wast
Mining and metals
Industrial
Leisure (including hotels, theme parks and stadiums)
Communications (telecoms, satellites, cable networks)
Transport (roads, rail, ports, airports)
PFI/PPP/3P/Municipal and alternative financing structures for public infrastructure including social housing
Leisure/stadia
In the following geographic regions...
Europe (EU and non-EU)
Middle East
Africa
Asia-Pacific
Latin America
Central America
North America
Financing and refinancing types can include...
Traditional non-recourse and limited recourse
Hybrid - corporate/project debt
Corporate debt
Project bonds
Leveraged finance
Project/portfolio refinancing
Islamic finance
Any financing where the proceeds directly fund greenfield, brownfield or expansion project development
Entries must include:
Reason for submitting
Brief history and deal tear sheet
Telephone and email of sponsors and lenders involved for verification purposes by our journalists
Winning deals will feature in February and March issues of Project Finance Magazine.
Please submit entries via email to: skeating@euromoneyplc.com or tnelthorpe@euromoneyplc.com
or by post to...
Project Finance Magazine
Nestor House/Playhouse Yard
London EC4V 5EX
Candidates may supply as much additional information in support of their deals as they wish.