COURSE NUMBER: MBA212B.11
This course is dual listed
with the Evening-Weekend MBA program.
NOTE: MBA212B-11 and
MBA217-12 are two separate and independent courses. You can enroll in one,
the other, or both.
COURSE TITLE: Energy and
Infrastructure Project Finance
UNITS OF CREDIT: 1 Unit
INSTRUCTOR: Allan T. Marks
E-MAIL ADDRESS: marks@haas.berkeley.edu
PREREQUISITE(S): Completion of
EWMBA Core Curriculum
MEETING DAY(S)/TIME: The course will meet
on March 11 and March 18 from 9am to 5pm.
Please note the unusual format of this course, which
meets all day on two Sundays. You must attend both sessions in their
entirety in order to earn a passing grade.
CLASS FORMAT: Lecture
REQUIRED READINGS: None
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:
CAREER FIELD: This course could be
useful for MBA students looking to work in the energy, transportation, natural
resources or infrastructure sectors, and in the fields of corporate finance,
commercial or investment, banking, economics, corporate strategy, management,
project development, regulation, public policy or tax.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:
Allan Marks is a partner in the Global Project, Energy and Infrastructure
Finance Group 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 represents developers, investors and lenders in the
development, acquisition and financing of complex infrastructure projects, with
special expertise in the energy, transportation and water sectors. Allan
structures innovative commercial transactions and leads project financings,
acquisitions, restructurings, securities offerings and private placements for a
variety of sophisticated institutional clients throughout the Americas, Asia
and Europe. Allan Marks is an adjunct lecturer at University of
California Berkeley School of Law and Haas School of Business.