Project Finance

Does your project require funding?  We have a network of funders with appetite for various risk levels/ stages of life in a project: from early stage/ in construction/ no revenue/ no JORC/ no BFS, to a producing asset. Funders range from non- bank lenders, offtake advance, royalties, asset finance, etc (for early stage) to traditional Project Finance, Acquisition finance, export credit, etc, for established businesses. Since 2016 we have been involved in > AUD$2billion of fund raising & project finance.

We can provide introductions to funders, and complete the entire transaction for you-letting you focus on the project/ business.  Funding can be a complex and time consuming exercise, so we can:

• Set up your data room
• Create the financial model, or take your operational model and overlaying debt calculations to ascertain debt capacity
• Debt Term Sheet negotiation and Legal documentation negotiation
• Risk Transfer Analysis for PF non-recourse transactions
• Writing all documents required by the Lender
• Organising all DD required (Technical, Legal, Market, Insurance, Risk, Social Governance & Environmental, FX, Hedging, etc)
• Completing all CP’s to financial close.

Why choose us?

• Attention : As we are boutique, we accept a smaller amount of mandates, but on every mandate, clients will have the sole attention of a Director of our firm, who will also execute all aspects of the mandate – thus the client (and the funder) only deals with one person.
• Lending experience: We are ex-Bankers now working on the “other side of the ledger”, for Corporates. Thus we’ve been through credit many times and already know the questions they will ask. If your Debt Adviser has not worked in banking they may not know the potential hurdles and typical credit questions.
• Independence:  We have no affiliation to any bank, therefore we will present an unbiased funding solution that suits you – not the lender. Nor are we an accounting firm, thus no conflict from potentially being the accountant for a counterparty.
• NAIF : Specific to the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (www.NAIF.gov.au) we have worked with two clients to access more than $900m of this funding.  Consequently we are very familiar with this process and have executed the whole process with NAIF, on behalf of the client. We did the work – therefore letting the client focus on the wider project.
• Complex Modelling : Project Finance, and moreover, the financial modelling of, can be complex. Therefore don’t leave it up to inexperienced advisers who’ve not worked in PF. 
• All Industries: We can arrange debt funding across all sectors, and have an expertise in Resources, Energy & Infrastructure sectors. Please visit our page here, to see our experience in this field
• Project Finance experience: the founder of Rock, Emma McPherson worked in the Project Finance departments of Bank of America and BNP Paribas for  > 13 years. She therefore brings a wide knowledge of PF transactions-some listed below.

Call us today to see how we can assist in fund raising and project finance.