Mayer Brown has an award-winning Projects Group that is regularly involved in some of the largest and most innovative projects across the globe.

Named as the 2008 IFLR ‘Americas Project Finance Team of the Year’, we represent clients in a wide variety of sectors, including power, oil and gas, renewables, mining, roads and motorways, ports, petrochemicals, wind, water and wastewater treatment, and industrial, manufacturing and other infrastructure facilities.

We represent developers, sponsors, investors, contractors, operators, governments and public agencies, commercial and investment banks, and bilateral agencies such as the Export-Import Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank.

Among our many strengths is the highly skilled cross-disciplinary team of lawyers which brings together experienced attorneys from all the relevant practice areas to provide integrated legal advice to our clients’ most complex projects from structured finance through to infrastructure, energy, government and regulatory, tax, construction and engineering, environmental, corporate and securities and real estate.

With our global platform and deep resources we have the teams and experience to deliver projects excellence to our clients around the world. Our extensive network of relationships with foreign lawyers in other jurisdictions permits us to work effectively with lawyers from many countries and under many legal systems.

Award Winning Deals

Mayer Brown has an established track-record of involvement in notable project finance transactions. We have been involved in many major project finance transactions that have achieved "Deal of the Year" honors or "Best Deal" awards, including the following:

• NorthWest Parkway (USA) – North American Transport Deal of the Year 2007

• Hidro Xacbal (Guatemala) - Best Power/Energy Deal 2007

• IIRSA Sur Toll Road (Peru) - Best Infrastructure Deal 2007

• Suzhou Industrial Park water project (China) - Infrastructure Deal of the Year 2006

• Indiana Toll Road (USA) - North American Transport Deal of the Year 2006

• Kwale titanium mineral sands project (Kenya) - $201 million - Development Funding Deal of the Year, 2006

• Voskhod Chrome (Kazakhstan) – $120 million - European Mining Deal of the Year, 2006

• Kupol Mine (Russia) - EMEA Mining Deal of the Year 2005

• Corredor Sur (Panama) - Latin American Refinancing Deal of the Year 2005

• Chicago Skyway (USA) - North American Transport Deal of the Year 2004

• Jawa Power (Indonesia) - Asia-Pacific Restructuring Deal of the Year 2003

• Paiton I (Indonesia) - Asia-Pacific Restructuring Deal of the Year 2002

• San Fernando Pipeline (Mexico) - Latin American Oil and Gas Deal of the Year 2002

• Telemar PCS (Brazil) - Latin American Telecoms Deal of the Year 2001

• Julietta Gold Mine (Russia) - European Mining Deal of the Year 2000

• Bajio Power (Mexico) - Latin American Merchant Power Deal of the Year 2000

• Alliance Pipeline (USA/Canada) - Oil & Gas Deal of the Year 1999

• BCP Cellular (Brazil) - Latin American Syndicated Loans Deal of the Year 1998