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We are one of the rare regional firms with hands-on experience in projects in the Middle East, advising government procuring entities and project sponsors on limited or non-recourse financing projects. We are the go-to firm for PPP projects with more than 15 projects executed or under execution totaling more than $35bn in value. We will support you throughout the project’s lifecycle, starting from the initial bid to operation and handover. EKP executed projects across various sectors including city development, social infrastructure, healthcare, water and power, transportation, waste-to-energy and telecoms. For example, we advised the Beirut Municipality in assessing the legal feasibility, designing the contractual and commercial structure and procuring a US$300 million waste to energy facility, to be operated in accordance with European technical and environmental standards and based on a DBFOT contract and a power purchase agreement to sell energy generated to the Lebanese government; we have also advised a GCC PPP unit in connection with more than 10 projects covering various sectors including power, renewable energy, water, waste and social infrastructure.