FERRERE advises companies in different sectors involved in Public/Private Participation (PPP) agreements. The firm assists clients in connection with the respective regulatory frameworks, facilitating investments and deals, through support for obtaining authorizations and concessions. It also preserves venture stability by shaping efficient corporate instruments and contract structures. When necessary, the firm’s teams of attorneys are complemented by economists and engineers specializing in the specific technical aspects.

In Uruguay, FERRERE’s professionals assisted the National Development Corporation, in the context of financing a Mega Concession for Construction of National Highways, by structuring a bond issuance program involving securitization of future toll flows. The firm’s clients also include, among others, Petrobras and Ancap in their joint venture Conecta, a natural gas distributor; Pluna (Leadgate-Pluna Ente), the national flag airline; the National Housing Agency, on design of supporting instruments for implementation of a project for completion of unfinished housing; and the Ministry of Housing, Land Use Management and Environment, in supporting the implementation of a subsidy for installment purchase payments and involvement of the financial sector in financing dwellings in the public interest.

The firm’s experts in energy, public works and contracts assist companies and ventures involved in the energy industry (electricity, renewables, gas and liquid fuels), waste disposal and treatment, and telecommunications development in various jurisdictions.

Gonzalo Secco, partner at FERRERE, comments on the potential of partnership between private companies and the Government.