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Water - global

While to date there have been a relatively limited number of water and sewerage projects worldwide compared to power, transport and telecoms projects, our lawyers have considerable experience of water projects in most regions of the world.

Our range of services in the water and sewerage sector include:

  • advising on running competitive tenders for water and sewerage projects, and the privatisation of existing businesses including advising on or assisting in:
    • the tendering process
    • negotiation strategies
    • the management of the competition
    • the complex political and commercial issues involved
  • designing and advising on legislation and regulatory regimes
  • advising on the design of appropriate methods of private sector participation/privatisation/corporatisation in the water and sewerage sector, and implementation of such participation through:
    • service contracts
    • operation and maintenance/management arrangements
    • lease/affermage contracts
    • concession
    • BOT/BOO/BOOT/DBFO
    • divestiture
    • or most commonly a hybrid form comprising a mixture of the above arrangements
  • undertaking risk analysis
  • drafting and negotiating water and sewerage project documentation
  • advising on the acquisition of interests in water assets and companies or building new stand-alone facilities
  • advising on the financing, security, construction, operation, insurance, environment, competition, corporate, tax, health and safety, procurement, employment and dispute resolution aspects of water and sewerage projects

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