Title: Contract Matters: Legal Considerations in Airport PPPs

Language: English

Type: Document

Nature: Report

Published: January 1, 2012


Region: Global

Country: Global / Non-Specific

Sector: Transportation

Keywords: Knowledge Lab, Airport

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Document Summary:

This report is extracted from IFC Handshake Issue #6: Air & Sea.


Document Details:

International law firm Gide Loyrette Nouel, based in Paris, has worked on airport concessions for Malé International Airport (Maldives) and Bamako International Airport (Mali), as well as airports in Tahiti, Tunisia, Congo, Saudi Arabia, and Mauritius. As is the case in most public-private partnership (PPP) projects, the legal issues encountered fall into two broad categories: legal and institutional framework requirements, and contractual aspects of PPPs. This article examines these issues with a particular focus on airport concessions.


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