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Any advice/ help would be appreciated.
Could I please get some leads as to how to go about it/ what should k read before the job begins and any other details that may be helpful?
Thank you for all the help (need it urgently though)
Hope this helps!
You will know what sector has what stakeholders, agreements, approvals, issues etc. You will pickup how to present those and what mitigants to offer.
If you are in a half decent place, walk up to a senior in their free time- say you read the DDRs in your free time and want to discuss/understand. You will learn and at the same time also earn brownie points.
The suggested books above are also a good start.
Once you do all of the above- send in your job application to us. :-)
The things PAs and Partners usually grill you on, or things they say on call that seem pretty impressive/based on years of experience - they're all fundamental things you can get from reading a basic principles book.
The way I analyze and the quality of comments I leave on agreements has significantly improved since I read those basic things. I don't understand why law firms don't take just one month teaching these things instead of making associates work on billables from day 1/or showing them lame powerpoint presentations.
I'm glad I finally did though - I feel 5x more knowledgeable. And I hope younger associates pick up on the resources on this thread. All the resources mentioned seem great - it doesn't matter much which you read as long as you read any one basic book.
A clueless Final Year Student.
@R: If naming the guy is against LI rules, then please moderate that part.
It's around Rs. 4K.
A few other doubts - what's the international scope of work for a Project Finance Lawyer? Can he/she work abroad?
Should a Projects Lawyer also know Real Estate and Environmental Laws?
1. Project Finance: A Legal Guide by Graham D. Vinter
2. Project Finance in Theory and Practice: Designing, Structuring, and Financing Private and Public Projects by Stefano Gatti
3. Corporate and Project Finance Modeling: Theory and Practice Book by Edward Bodmer
4. International Project Finance: Law and Practice by John Dewar
5. Principles of Project Finance Book by E. R. Yescombe
6. The Principles of Project Finance by Rod Morrison
7. Project and Infrastructure Finance: Corporate Banking Perspective by Vikas Srivastava and V. Rajaraman
8. Law Relating To Infrastructure Projects by Piyush Joshi
9. Financing Large Projects: Using Project Finance Techniques and Practices by MFK Khan and RJ Parra
10. Projects: Planning, Analysis, Selection, Financing, Implementation and Review by Prasanna Chandra
Apart from these, ICLG Guides and Mondaq contain several useful pieces in the Indian context.
Hope this helps!
1. Law relating to Infrastructure projects by Piyush Joshi and
2. Investing in India's Infrastructure and Energy sectors by Prashanth Sabeshan.
Prashant's book is recent, so that should be your first read, and will give you some idea on what Projects lawyers do in law firms and can be a little life boat, than the law firm model that believes in just throwing people in deep sea.
After getting a decent idea from these books, you can do an advanced reading by looking at some SECI PPA, RFP and NHAI concession agreement on the web, to understand how the theory applies in commercial contracts.
From my understanding, I have always thought that being a good Projects lawyer requires some bit of imagination and visual thinking. Imagine you are doing a DD for a solar power project, it would be useful to look at a picture of the plant or a video to understand why those approvals are required, who are the entities, why is a specific clause provided in PPA. That would help in understanding the discussion better.
Hope this helps. I've been there and I can understand your predicament. But if you have interest in the area, the DDs won't look so drab to you.