The US Stimulus Plan maintains momentum towards the use of renewable sources, and to encourage energy efficiency, offering incentives to both operators and investors

The Federal government may be encouraging the development of infrastructure projects but it is the states and regional and local authorities that wield the real power

Governments around the world have sought to limit the impact of the global financial crisis on domestic economies by announcing or bringing forward planned infrastructure and construction projects. The situation in Iberia is no different,

For Iberian companies looking for new opportunities around the world, India offers an increasingly attractive investment destination, with the government embarking on an almost unprecedented $500bn infrastructure investment programme, says Fernando Bernad, finance and projects

The new Portuguese Contracts Code of July 2008 was a landmark development in the regulation of public works projects and contracts with the central and local authorities. A year on, the project finance market has faced

A consequence of the current financial pressures on banks is not only a reduced willingness to finance projects individually but also a collapse in syndicated loan deals, says José Guardo, head of the project finance

Alongside the major infrastructure projects now under development in Portugal, opportunities inevitably surround peripheral projects, say Luis Filipe Carvalho and Raquel Sampaio at ABBC in Lisbon.

Eastern Europe continues to offer opportunities as countries modernise, but issues still face businesses operating there, say Bruno Azevedo Rodrigues and Paulo Alexandre Matinha at Raposo Bernardo.

Fernando Cuñado Garcia-Bernalt of KPMG Forensic sees an increase in financial analysis not only among those in dispute, but also now among parties entering into agreements