Prior Deal Experience | ADN Capital Ventures

Advised FCC and Caja Madrid (Global Via) on their tender for the acquisition of Northwest Parkway (Denver) via a 75 year concession and lease agreement.
Member of the team that advised the State of New Jersey (Treasury team) on the monetization of State Assets (path finders) via different PPP structures.
Advised one of the bidders for the acquisition of the Chicago Car Parks.
Led the team that advised ACS-Dragados on the development and financing of a container terminal facility in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Led the team that advised Abertis on its tender efforts for the acquisition of the Indiana Toll Road.
Appointed as bond adviser to Cintra on the firm’s tender for the road 1604 in Texas.
Led discussions with a number of State DOTs regarding the management of the development of their road program under concession/PPP and/or leasing arrangements.
Advised TxDOT on identification of novel ways to raise funding to address the State’s rail and mass transit needs.
Reviewed and commented on draft and proposed PPP legislation under discussion in various states (California, New York, etc.)
Acted as financial adviser, ratings adviser, book-runner and arranger for the debt financing of Phase 1B of the Istrian Motorway (tolled motorway concession) in Croatia, which closed in February 2003 as the first ever project bond in Eastern Europe. Named “Best European Road Deal in 2003” (Project Finance Magazine).
Phase 1A of the same project, negotiated and closed in July 1998, and syndicated DM 250 million of project debt for Phase 1A. Named “Best European Infrastructure Deal in 1998” (International Project Finance).
Advised the Government of Jamaica in managing and running successfully a tender for the Highway 2000 Project, an approximately $1 billion network of roads under PPP/concession arrangements. Led the government team that successfully negotiated the concession agreement, executed in November 2001 with Bouygues, the preferred bidder. Achieved financial close for the 1st Phase of the project in February 2002 and the 2nd Phase ($332 million) which achieved financial close in April 2004. Phase 3 is under negotiation.
Advised Autostrade successfully in the tender to design, finance, construct and operate an electronic tolling system for trucks in Austria. Autostrade (out of 5 bidders) won the deal and executed the concession agreement with the ASFINAG in June 2002. Total deal value is €750 million.
Advised the National Port Authority, South Africa and acted as chief negotiator in their negotiations with an international shipping company for the development, construction and operation of a 1,000,000 TEUs container port in Ngqura. Recommendations were accepted and implemented successfully.
Acted as financial adviser to 2 construction consortia (led by Vinci) bidding for 2 motorways schemes, with total investment value over €2 billion, in Greece. Vinci submitted their offer in February 2006 on Ionia Odos.
Acted as bond solution provider (in partnership with MBIA) for the consortium consisting of Hochtief; Bilfinger Berger and Strabag for their tender on Maliakos-Kleidi road in Greece.
Advised the Ministry of Finance of Greece on the application of public-private-partnership schemes on a € 30 billion-investment program approved by the EU under the 3rd Community Structural Framework. The conclusions of the assignment were accepted and implemented by the Government’s task force.
Worked with Attiko Metro (Athens Metro) in connection with the development of financial solutions to procure €2 billion to finance the company’s high priority extensions to its network.
Preferred financial adviser, financial arranger and bond book runner with the special purpose vehicle for the construction of a 230 km road (investment cost of €1.2 billion) from Sofia to Varna. The SPV included the Bulgarian government; local and international contractors.
Established relationships with the Hungarian; Polish; Croatian and Czech governments (Ministries of Transportation) and discussed debt solutions to fund their transportation infrastructure needs in capital markets.
Led a team of advisers (Norton Rose, Parsons, and a local partner) to bid for a financial advisory role with the Athens Metro Company, Greece for the development of metro extensions with private funds. Total financing requirement estimated at €2 billion.
Coordinated the structuring and underwriting of the bond debt to be committed by the Sli-Nua consortium (Ferrovial and SIAC) in connection with its tender for the N4/N6 motorway in Ireland.
Advised Nichimen, SeaWest, and Micon on their tender for a 100 MW wind power project.
Acted as adviser/arranger to Tractebel & Snam for their tender for a 500 MW power project in Tunisia.
Advised Alpine Power, an Indian power company on developing, structuring, and financing a 350 MW project in Madhya Pradesh.
Advised Scottish Hydro on its tender for the acquisition of power generation assets in the UK.
Advised Marubeni & Balfour Beatty on their tender for a major environmental