International Project Finance: Law and Practice, Fourth Edition by John Dewar | 2025*

International Project Finance: Law and Practice, Fourth Edition by John Dewar | 2025

Now in its fourth edition, International Project Finance is the authoritative guide to both the legal and practical aspects of international project financing. It examines the application of English and New York law in cross-border projects, while also addressing financing in civil law jurisdictions.

The book explores a range of funding sources, including bank financing, international bond arrangements, and Islamic finance, highlighting the legal and documentation challenges associated with each. It offers guidance on managing project defaults and workouts, and covers the roles of export credit agencies, development finance institutions, and comprehensive dispute resolution strategies.

Beyond the fundamentals of structuring and documenting project finance transactions, the text considers sector-specific issues across energy transition, transportation, infrastructure/Public-Private Partnerships, conventional, renewable, and nuclear power, mining, and oil and gas projects.

New chapters address environmental and social considerations in project finance, as well as developments in the emerging energy transition sector. The latest edition also provides expanded coverage of project finance in civil law jurisdictions across the Middle East and Latin America.

With practical tools such as risk matrices and checklists, the book equips readers to identify and assess project risks effectively. Focused on international projects and the practical application of law, International Project Finance: Law and Practice remains an indispensable reference for practitioners.

New to this Edition of International Project Finance: Law and Practice, Fourth Edition:

• Introduces a chapter on environmental and social considerations in project finance, examining the growing scrutiny, stricter regulatory requirements, enhanced compliance enforcement, and the rising importance of these factors in transactions.

• Adds a section on the energy transition sector, exploring new financing models, structural shifts in energy systems, and the substantial investments needed to tackle climate change.

Table of Contents of International Project Finance: Law and Practice, Fourth Edition

1:Approaching Legal Issues in a Project Finance Transaction, John Dewar
2:Project Participants and Structures, Aled Davies and Andrew Pendleton
3:Sources of Funding, Munib Hussain and David Thomas
4:Project Risks, John Dewar and Mai Mitsumori-Miller
5:Allocation of Risks in Project Documentation, John Dewar, Alex Brightman, and Ignatius Quin
6:Environmental and Social Issues in Project Finance, Matt Ahrens, Thomas Goslin, and Allison Sloto
7:Insurance, Ian Catterall, Sean Jukes, and Yi Ming Chan
8:Principal Loan Finance Documentation, Vicky May, Seyda Duman, and Chrisangelina Lo
9:Official Funding Sources: Export Credit Agencies, Alec Borisoff, Andrew Pendleton, and Lewis Blundell
10:Official Funding Sources: Multilateral and Other Development Finance Institutions, John Dewar, Harriet Ohemeng, and Abdullah Geelah
11:Documentation of Project Bonds, Tim Peterson, Apostolos Gkoutzinis, and Rebecca Marques
12:Islamic Project Finance, Munib Hussain and Noor Maraghi
13:Ancillary Finance Documentation, Rachel Croft and Samuel Forsyth
14:Project Finance in Civil Law Jurisdictions, Jean-Renaud Cazali, Ilhem Haouas, Noor Maraghi, and Walter Piazza
15:International Projects - Sector Focus  
15A:Energy Transition, Matthew Brown and Ishaï Wodon
15B:Oil and Gas, Aled Davies and James Orme
15C:Mining Projects, Alec Borisoff, Emily Whittaker, Séverine Losembe and Rachel Tay
15D:Conventional Power, James Murray and Andrew Gibb
15E:Renewable Energy, Allan Marks, Jenna Darler, and Christopher Esposito
15F:Financing Nuclear Power Projects, Paul Murphy and Seyda Duman
15G:Infrastructure/Public Private Partnerships, Allan Marks, Timothy Wendling, and Sean O'Neill
16:Defaults and Workouts: Restructuring Project Financings, Kate Colman and Seyda Duman
17:Dispute Resolution in Project Finance Transactions, Tom Canning, Viren Mascarenhas, Kamel Aitelaj, and Vasiliki Katsarou

About The Author:

John Dewar is a partner in Milbank LLP’s London office and a member of the Project, Energy, and Infrastructure Finance Group. He specialises in project and structured finance transactions across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Recognised by Legal 500, International Financial Law Review, Chambers, Legal Experts, and Who’s Who Legal as one of the world’s leading project finance practitioners, John has also contributed numerous articles to publications including the International Comparative Legal Guide, International Financial Law Review, The Islamic Finance and Markets Law Review, and Getting the Deal Through.

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