Iberian companies looking for projects opportunities in the US need to understand not only the complex regulatory issues but also the need to help guide public agencies through the process

With public resistance to increased taxation, cash-starved federal, state and local authorities are looking for new means and ways of funding the investment shortfall, says Fernando Alonso, banking and finance partner with Hunton & Williams

In addition to the uncertainty surrounding the viability of certain publicly-funded projects, there is also concern around the ability of Portugal’s existing project finance regulation to cope with many of the issues now being

As Government cuts and financial uncertainty impact on the viability of projects, groups of companies are now seeking to negotiate better contract and concession terms

A lack of trust is the recurring issue affecting current and planned infrastructure projects across Spain, says Antonio Navarro, finance partner with Broseta in Madrid.

Consortia members who had successfully bid for now cancelled or postponed projects have to consider all the options available to them

The Portuguese government may have suspended many of the planned most high profile infrastructure projects but sector players need not limit themselves to merely domestic opportunities, insists Jorge Sarmento Neves, partner with Gómez-Acebo &

The onset of the banking crisis in 2007 has prompted a reduction in both the number of project finance deals, the scale of those going ahead, and a much more objective calculation of benefits by lenders

Among the initial responses to the financial crisis in Portugal and Spain was a strong emphasis on project and construction schemes, intended to inject liquidity and momentum into the national economies. New or long-awaited project