Ambac Assurance Corporation is a leading financial guarantor of public and structured finance obligations for issuers in both the public and private sectors globally. Rated triple-A by all the major rating agencies, Ambac has guaranteed more than US$200 billion in the US and international structured and asset-backed transactions over the past 10 years.

Ambac’s credit analysis, structuring expertise and irrevocable guarantee has been applied to a full range of public and structured finance transaction types globally including infrastructure finance, project finance, consumer and commercial asset- and mortgage-backed securities, structured credit products, utilities, housing and health care financings. Ambac also offers investment agreements and derivatives to help clients meet their financing goals.

Ambac was recently awarded ‘Global Monoline of the Year’ and ‘#1 Financial Guarantor’ by Infrastructure Journal for global infrastructure financings completed in 2006, and many of its transactions have won individual awards (visit www.ambac.com.au for details). Headquartered in New York, Ambac’s office locations include Sydney, Tokyo, London and Milan.

Australian Law Firm of the Year (Chambers Global 2006), Blake Dawson Waldron proudly ranks as one of Australia's premier law firms with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Perth, Brisbane, Shanghai and Port Moresby as well as an associated office in Jakarta.

Our ethos is to provide the best possible value to clients at all times, including outstanding support, quick, creative solutions and anticipating problems before they arise.

The infrastructure practice advises on major construction projects, including privately funded infrastructure. Group members have been involved in most of Australia's recent major private toll road, power station, transport privatisation, water treatment and gas projects. Our experience helps us to help you anticipate and manage issues to make sure your project stays on track and achieves your commercial objectives.

ABN AMRO's Australian Structured Finance Group is purpose-built to draw from the Bank's breadth of experience and products to deliver the most comprehensive and innovative financing solution for social and economic infrastructure projects.

Our Structured Finance team combines:

With revenue of over US$20 billion per annum, Deloitte is one of the largest professional services organizations in the world. Deloitte provides advisory services to over 140 countries and in addition to Australia has dedicated infrastructure delivery services teams in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Latin America, the Middle East, South Africa, China, Japan and India.

Infrastructure competitiveness is critical to the competitiveness of the Australian economy overall and is dependent upon effective project design, delivery, risk management and partnering between government and private infrastructure providers
Deloitte’s Australian infrastructure delivery team has focused on working closely with government clients and their advisors to provide end- to-end project leadership and delivery services. The team has focused on large, complex and unique projects that require a coordinated and multi-disciplined approach to project delivery. This approach has given the team valuable insights into the issues facing government trying to deliver projects in an environment of scarce resources and growing demands.

Please contact us for more information:

Roger Black
National Leader – Infrastructure Delivery
Ph: (07) 3308 7092
Email: rblack@deloitte.com.au
www.deloitte.com/au/infrastructure