The three main areas are financial (advice on issues such as project feasibility and returns, capital structures, sources of funds, taxation and insurance), technical (advice on engineering, management, IT, resources, environment, planning and markets) and legal (advice on drafting and revising laws, licences and industry codes, which define the foundation of a jurisdiction’s regulatory framework, as well as commercial advice on restructurings and acquisitions).
Many UK advisors have a thriving export business and are world leaders in their field. Prominent UK players in this field of activity include Mott MacDonald (management, engineering and development consultancy), CMS Cameron McKenna (legal advice on regulation, mergers and acquisitions) and Halcrow (planning, design and management services for infrastructure development).
Rentricity
American company Rentricity is poised to take the pressure off the UK water industry – and turn it into energy