COURSE NUMBER: EWMBA 237-11,*this course is cross listed
COURSE TITLE: Financing Energy and Infrastructure Projects 1
UNITS OF CREDIT: 1 Units
INSTRUCTOR: Allan T. Marks
E-MAIL ADDRESS: amarks@milbank.com
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MEETING DAY(S)/TIME: Sunday, 9-5pm, Jan 30 & Feb 27
PREREQUISITE(S): Completion of EWMBA Core Curriculum
CLASS FORMAT: Lecture
REQUIRED READINGS: Benjamin C. Esty, Modern Project Finance: A Casebook (Wiley, 2003)
BASIS FOR FINAL GRADE:Final Exam
ABSTRACT OF COURSE'S CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES:
This course will explore the key commercial, legal, economic and policy issues affecting the development and financing of infrastructure projects, with special emphasis on practical concerns related to investments in alternative energy and other power generation facilities. Many of these topics will be raised in the context of comparative, real-world case studies of different types of energy and infrastructure projects.
This course will explore the key commercial, legal, economic and policy issues affecting the development and financing of infrastructure projects, with special emphasis on practical concerns related to investments in alternative energy and other power generation facilities. Many of these topics will be raised in the context of comparative, real-world case studies of different types of energy and infrastructure projects.
By the end of the course, within the specific context of mobilizing capital to meet the growing demand for clean power and critical infrastructure, students should gain an understanding of the following general concepts:
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:
Allan Marks is a partner in the Global Project Finance Department of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP and is based in the Firm’s Los Angeles office. As part of a broad corporate and finance practice, he has represented companies involved in power, oil and gas, transportation, telecommunications, technology, real estate, and other industries.
Mr. Marks routinely represents developers, investors, lenders, and underwriters in the development and financing of complex infrastructure projects worldwide, with special expertise in the energy, telecommunications and transportation sectors. He has participated in numerous project financings, acquisitions, restructurings, securities offerings and private placements for a variety of sophisticated institutional clients. He speaks and publishes frequently on cross-border financing issues, infrastructure investments, deregulation and emerging markets. Mr. Marks has worked on transactions throughout Asia, Europe and the Americas. Allan Marks is an adjunct lecturer at University of California Berkeley School of Law.