Our Project Preparation & Advisory Services
The precise scope of support depends on the project’s maturity, identified gaps, and agreed advisory mandate.
Technical Studies & Engineering Advisory
Help sponsors identify, scope, procure, coordinate, and complete the technical studies required to establish project feasibility and implementation readiness.
- Feasibility and pre-feasibility studies
- Engineering design and technical due diligence
- Geotechnical, geological, and topographical investigations
- Infrastructure design, technology selection, and implementation planning
- Technical risk assessment and mitigation
Financial Modelling & Project Economics
Strengthen the project's financial foundations and demonstrate its economic and commercial viability.
- Integrated financial modelling
- Capital expenditure and operating expenditure assessments
- Revenue assumptions, demand forecasts, and sensitivity analysis
- Financial viability and project economics
- Debt capacity, funding requirements, and financing scenarios
- Financial due diligence and investment case preparation
Environmental & Social Advisory
Help projects identify and address environmental and social risks and meet relevant regulatory, lender, and investor requirements.
- Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIAs)
- Environmental and social management plans
- Climate and sustainability considerations
- Land acquisition, resettlement, and stakeholder engagement
- Alignment with applicable lender safeguards and international standards
Legal, Regulatory & Institutional Structuring
Strengthen the project's legal foundations, regulatory compliance, contractual framework, and institutional arrangements.
- Legal and regulatory due diligence
- Project company and ownership structuring
- Concession, licensing, and permitting requirements
- Public-private partnership (PPP) and contractual frameworks
- Risk allocation and contractual interfaces
Project Finance & Capital Structuring
Develop a financing structure appropriate to the project's risk profile, economics, and implementation requirements.
- Capital structure and funding strategy
- Debt and equity financing options
- Blended finance and concessional capital opportunities
- Risk allocation and credit enhancement options
- Identification of potential lenders, investors, and development finance partners
Transaction Preparation & Investment Readiness
Bring together the technical, financial, environmental, social, and legal workstreams into a coherent investment proposition.
- Project information memoranda and investment teasers
- Data room preparation and documentation review
- Due diligence coordination
- Investor and lender presentation materials
- Financing process preparation through to financial-close readiness
The Right Expertise. Precisely Where Your Project Needs It.
We draw on a curated network of highly qualified, independently vetted professionals and specialist advisory firms to support project sponsors in addressing specific bankability gaps. We help sponsors identify, select, and coordinate the appropriate expertise — not every advisor is engaged in-house, and not all advisory services are necessarily delivered directly by us.
Professional credentials
Relevant qualifications, technical capabilities, and demonstrated sector expertise.
Relevant experience
Experience aligned with the project's sector, complexity, geography, and development stage.
Independent vetting
Structured review of credentials, experience, and suitability before inclusion in the network.
Tailored expertise
Advisor selection based on the specific requirements and gaps of each project.
Coordinated delivery
Support in defining work scopes, identifying interfaces, and aligning specialist inputs with the overall bankability roadmap.
A Network of Qualified Project Preparation Advisors
All advisory profiles are subject to review and vetting before being included in the network.
Specialist advisors engaged at the right moment in a project’s preparation.
Our Approach: A Structured Path to Bankability
STAGE 1
Diagnose
Review the initial assessment, project documentation, development status, and key bankability constraints.
STAGE 2
Define the Roadmap
Translate the identified gaps into prioritized actions, required studies, professional workstreams, indicative sequencing, and advisory needs.
STAGE 3
Mobilize Expertise
Identify suitable vetted specialists, define their scopes of work, and support the coordination of technical and professional inputs.
STAGE 4
Strengthen the Project
Support the sponsor in completing critical studies, addressing material risks, refining project economics, and improving the legal, institutional, commercial, and financing structure.
STAGE 5
Prepare for Financing
Consolidate project documentation, review remaining gaps, and prepare the project for engagement with lenders, investors, and potential financing partners.
We support a project’s preparation and financing readiness but cannot guarantee investment approval, lender commitments, or financial close — those decisions rest with financiers following their own due diligence.
Who We Support
Project Sponsors & Developers
Strengthening project concepts and advancing projects toward implementation and financing.
Public-Sector Institutions
Supporting the preparation and structuring of infrastructure and development projects.
Private-Sector Investors
Addressing project development gaps and strengthening investment readiness.
PPP Project Teams
Coordinating the technical, financial, legal, and institutional dimensions of project preparation.
Your Project Has Potential. Let’s Make It Bankable.
Whether you are developing a new project or addressing gaps in an existing investment proposition, we can help define the next steps, identify the expertise required, and structure a practical roadmap toward bankability.