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Industry Experience of the
FinanceSpecialists Team
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FinanceSpecialists is a privately
owned limited liability company with offices located
in Pennsylvania and California along with representative
offices in London, Washington D.C. and New York City.
Members of the FinanceSpecialists team bring
together a broad range of experience from project
developers to corporate finance specialists and
international bankers. Team members have operated
successfully in all parts of the world and are
comfortable in dealing with the many of the different
regulatory and business environments important
to any global business.
The FinanceSpecialists team
is active in the Private Export Funding Corporation
(PEFCO) Exporter Advisory Council, the International
Private Water Association (IWPA), and the Council
for Employment through Exports (CEE). FinanceSpecialists
principals have been frequent international guest
speakers at various conferences around the world,
including Russia, India, and the United States,
among others.
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Representative
Clients and Assignments:
Water,
Water Treatment and Desalination
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Trinidad
- Ionics, incorporated, Watertown, MA $130 mm financing
for one of the largest reverse osmosis desalination
projects in the world (24 mgpd). |
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Pakistan
- U.S. Trade and Development Agency study to support
a feasibility study grant for a 25 mgpd desalination
plant at the port of Karachi, Pakistan. |
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Kuwait
- $370 mm financing for a wastewater treatment/water-reuse
project developed on a BOT basis for the Kuwaiti
Water Authority. |
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Israel
- Bid evaluation and preparation for two private
BOT desalination projects, Ionics Incorporated |
Power,
Transport, and Infrastructure
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US -
Commercialization of new technology to enhance the
fuel efficiency and environmental performance of
fossil fuel power generation systems. |
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Macedonia
- Financial plan, tariff structuring and negotiations
with multilateral development agencies for 63MW
hydroelectric power project for ESM, the state-owned
electric utility |
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U.S.
- $1.3 B light-rail project financing (Hudson-Bergen)
for the first-of-its-kind DBOM (design, build, operate,
maintain) structure for developer Raytheon Engineers
and Constructors. |
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Egypt
– Discussions with various developers to invest
in the proposed Suez BOT port project. |
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Turkey
- Developed and negotiated a $2.4B financing program
in support of the first major coal-fired BOT project
in southern Turkey. |
Manufacturing
(paper, food, consumer products, chemicals)
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U.S.
- $87 mm bridge loan facility, synthetic lease and
tolling agreement for the construction and operation
of a beet sugar refinery for Raytheon Engineers
and Constructors. |
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U.S.
- $300 mm project financing for the modernization
of the energy island and environmental facilities
of an Alabama paper mill. |
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U.S.
- $38 mm leveraged lease for an EPA compliance project
for a Southeastern integrated pulp and paper maker. |
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Indonesia
- $350 mm financing for the largest Asian pulp and
paper producer, Asia Pulp and Paper. |
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U.S.
- $560 mm project for design, construction, operation
and decommissioning of the Umatilla, Oregon chemical
weapons demilitarization facility. |
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U.S.
- $540 mm project for design, construction, operation
and decommissioning of the Pine Bluff, Arkansas
chemical weapons demilitarization facility. |
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