Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
Mayer Brown is a leading global law firm with offices in major cities across the Americas, Asia and Europe. Our experience in the solar sector started more than twenty years ago when we worked on Solar Electric Generating System IX (SEGS) in California, one of the first large-scale solar projects in the United States. Our lawyers have represented financiers, sponsors and other project participants on important and cutting edge solar energy projects and financing structures across the globe.
Whether it is utility-scale concentrated solar thermal, photovoltaic, rooftop distributed generation or other solar technology, we have the industry knowledge and experience needed to get deals done anywhere in the world.
We offer local market expertise on a global basis, with offices in each of the major energy and financial centers around the world - London, New York, Hong Kong, and Houston.
For more information, visit www.mayerbrown.com/energy/index.asp?nid=10912.
Skanska is a leading international project development and construction company.
By combining our expertise and financial strength, we develop offices, homes and public-private partnership projects.
We create sustainable solutions and aim to be a leader in quality, green construction, work safety and business ethics. Of course, we also aim to maximize the potential of Skanska with regard to returns.
For more information, visit www.skanska.com/.
Silver Sponsors
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is a leading international law firm with 28 offices in 16
countries across America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. We provide the highest
quality legal advice – domestically and internationally - in the practice areas of greatest
important to our clients. Our U.S. practice is a key part of our international network. Our lawyers in the US focus primarily on infrastructure finance and
structured finance transactions and related tax issues, as well as corporate transactions, international arbitration and antitrust.
For more information, visit www.freshfields.com/.
Hatch Mott MacDonald is an award winning engineering firm with over 50 offices throughout North
America. Its multidisciplinary base of expertise provides solutions for highways, bridges, rail, transit,
life-safety/security, aviation, ports and tunnels, as well as water, wastewater and environmental.
Hatch Mott MacDonald has built a reputation for technical excellence, developing creative
solutions that redefine best practices in the industry. Services include planning, design, technical advice, program/construction management, operations, and
maintenance. As leaders in alternative project delivery, including public private partnerships, HMM’s vision is to be the consultant of choice, providing safe
and sustainable solutions.
For more information, visit www.hatchmott.com.
Moffatt & Nichol’s transportation practice integrates the firm’s environmental planning, civil and
structural engineering expertise with a unique understanding of today’s multi-modal and freight
transportation systems. Offering a full range of engineering services out of offices in North America,
South America, Europe and the Pacific Rim, Moffatt & Nichol provides planning, design and
construction management for highways, bridges, ports and intermodal facilities. Our technical skills are further enhanced by our transportation economics
and advisory capabilities. We bring added value to each endeavor, applying creativity and innovation to solve the complexities associated with the most
congested transportation and cargo thoroughfares in the world.
For more information, visit www.moffattnichol.com.
Nossaman is internationally recognized as a leader in assisting public agencies, private developers and financial institutions with the development of large infrastructure projects. Our firm has unequaled experience in the legal representation of public agencies engaging in public-private partnership (PPP) programs, alternative project delivery and innovative project finance involving transportation infrastructure assets, including ports and port facilities. We have pioneered the use of a wide range of financing and contracting tools, including private activity bonds and availability payments, tailoring contractual relationships to make critical infrastructure projects possible. For more information, contact Corey Boock at 213-612-7800 (cboock@nossaman.com) or visit www.nossaman.com/infrastructure
For more information, visit www.nossaman.com/infrastructure.
Bronze Sponsors
First Southwest Company is one of the country’s preeminent financial advisory and underwriting
firms. The firm’s primary focus for the last 61 years has been municipal issuers. Our innovative
approach to business has allowed our firm to become one of the largest financial advisory firms in
the nation. During 2007, we were the financial advisor on over 5.25 billion in financings for the surface transportation arena. Our knowledge of traditional
financing combined with our leadership in the public private partnership area, allows us fully serve all our clients needs.
For more information, visit www.firstsw.com.