A structured path from first diagnostic to delivered project — enter at any stage.
FTA&C is principal-led: the work is done by the principal, not handed to a junior while a partner appears at the pitch. Specialist associates — tax, legal, technical, country-specific — are brought in by name when a project needs a specific jurisdiction or discipline, and technology is used throughout to accelerate the work. The result is direct access to the person actually doing it, on a fixed, transparent scope.
Our work spans four phases. Most projects come to us at the Diagnostic stage; we then structure, execute and, once financing is secured, oversee delivery.
Identify the gaps and risks that would stall financing.
Fix the model, contracts and project structure.
Assemble the data room and manage due diligence (DD) to a signed deal.
Senior owner's-side oversight through construction and beyond.
A self-serve readiness checklist against lender and DFI expectations — an instant indicative score, category breakdown and priority gap report.
A fast, focused expert review of the five core documents a financier opens first. The first time we look at your real documents.
Find out why lenders will say no — before you submit. A five-pillar review producing a Red Flag Matrix, remediation plan and Lender Readiness Score.
Continuous, principal-led support restructuring the deal, building the documentation suite and data room, and managing due diligence to close.
Senior, independent owner's-side oversight once financing is secured — drawdown tracking, milestones, risk, lender reporting and contractor oversight.
If your data room is already populated, you can begin at the Assessment or the Build-Out.
FTA&C does not raise capital or place debt. The practice makes a project defensible — complete documentation, coherent models, traceable assumptions, evidenced governance — so that when a financier's due diligence begins, the answers are already there.
You'll be sharing financial models and commercially sensitive plans with us. Here's how that's handled: material is seen only by the principal and by any named specialist associate brought onto your engagement, each of whom signs an NDA before seeing your documents. Where technology is used — for example to parse data rooms or stress-test models — it supports the review; it does not replace it, and nothing is shared with third-party AI tools without your knowledge. Ask us anything further before you share a single document.
Modern technology accelerates project preparation — but only institutional experience secures lender approval. This is the trust gap between a summary and a signed credit agreement.
Lenders require principal-led work backed by experts who stake their reputation on it — not a generated summary with no one standing behind it.
A specific Abu Dhabi or Riyadh bank's current sector exposure limits; West African off-take needing local political-risk cover — software simply can't access this.
The real work is re-engineering the SPV and cash-flow waterfall to pass DSCR stress tests — without destroying sponsor equity.
Off-take agreements, sponsor financials and concession terms are handled under professional obligation and proper controls — the standard lenders expect.
Already using AI internally for due diligence? AI is great for identifying clauses — but lenders need institutional validation to release capital. We bridge that exact trust gap.
Focused on the sectors and markets where bankability, structuring and delivery decide whether a project reaches financial close.
Planning, structuring and executing large-scale capital programmes so they stand up to lender and DFI scrutiny.
From refining and power to renewables — preparing energy projects for project finance, offtake and investment.
Advisory grounded in how banks, DFIs and credit committees actually assess and approve funding.
Supporting sponsors and investors across the investment lifecycle — from due diligence to value creation.
Engagements spanning the Gulf, Africa, Europe and North America, bringing local knowledge to each market.
Every engagement is led directly by the principal, with named specialist associates brought in only where a project needs a specific jurisdiction or discipline.
Straight answers on scope, cost, timing and how the practice works. If your question isn't here, ask it on a 15-minute call.
A bankability assessment evaluates whether your project is structured, documented and risk-mitigated to a level where international lenders, Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) or equity investors can actually deploy capital.
Rather than reviewing technical or financial figures in isolation, it looks at the project across five core pillars: commercial structure, technical feasibility, financial modelling, governance, and regulatory and ESG compliance. It identifies the exact red flags or missing documentation that would cause a lender's credit committee to reject or delay the deal.
It depends on the depth of the review:
Pricing is structured in clear, transparent phases, so you only pay for what your project needs:
The fee for your first paid engagement is credited in full against your next engagement, provided you proceed within 60 days.
Technical due diligence answers the question: will the engineering and technology work safely, reliably and as designed? It is typically performed by engineering firms.
A bankability assessment answers a broader, commercial question: is this project structure legally, financially and risk-wise secure enough for a bank to lend against?
Technical feasibility is one pillar of bankability. Our assessment connects those technical inputs to your offtake agreements, tariff structures, debt sizing, FX exposure, governance and legal enforceability. Lenders need both, but technical soundness alone will not get a deal closed.
The Lender Readiness Score (0 to 100) is a weighted benchmark measuring how close your project package is to international project finance standards.
Lenders, DFIs and private equity sponsors use it to gauge project maturity quickly, before spending time and legal budget on formal due diligence. A high readiness score signals to a credit committee that the sponsor has done the heavy lifting, reducing transaction risk and shortening time to first drawdown.
No. FTA&C is a project finance advisory practice, not a broker-dealer or placement agent. We do not raise money, and we do not promise introductions to lenders or guarantee financing.
What we do is prepare and structure your project so that it is fundable to international standards. Once the package is lender-ready, we support you through lender engagement and due diligence — working alongside your appointed lead arranger or investment bank through to financial close.
Development Finance Institutions such as the IFC, AFC and EBRD, and international project finance lenders generally, apply rigorous global standards. DFI-grade preparation means your financial models, offtake structures, supply contracts, political risk mitigation and environmental and social practices align with frameworks such as the IFC Performance Standards and the Equator Principles.
Preparing to this level means the deal can withstand the strictest institutional credit committees, particularly in emerging or complex markets.
Primarily energy, infrastructure and major capital projects across the Gulf (GCC) and Africa, with selective coverage in Europe and North America. Sector specialisms include:
The earlier the better — ideally during project development, before the offtake, EPC and O&M contracts are finalised. Fixing a flawed commercial structure during development costs a fraction of restructuring a deal after lenders have already turned it down.
That said, sponsors also come to us when a project has stalled mid-process, or when moving from early equity funding to long-term project debt.
Confidentiality is fundamental to the practice. Before you share any project data, pitch decks or financial models, we execute a mutual non-disclosure agreement.
All files are handled through secure, encrypted data rooms, and access is restricted to the principal and any named specialist associate working on your engagement, each of whom signs an NDA before seeing your documents.
We operate a principal-led model. Your project is handled directly by the principal, with senior specialist associates brought in by name where a jurisdiction or discipline requires it — not passed down to junior analysts learning on your project.
Because the practice does not carry tier-one global firm overheads, you get international, DFI-grade rigour at boutique economics.
Yes. Securing financing is only half the battle. We provide post-financial-close project oversight and owner's-side representation, so that governance, conditions precedent to drawdown, funds disbursement and reporting all meet lender covenants through construction and into operations.
You can enter at any stage. If your data room is already populated and the project is advanced, we can begin with a Comprehensive Bankability Assessment, or work directly on lender negotiations and build-out requirements.
The Funding Package Diagnostic focuses on the five documents lenders inspect first:
Start with a free Health Check, or book a call to discuss which step fits your project today.