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Channel Tunnel Rail Link (High Speed 1)
Transport EuropeFew deals can carry such a powerful whiff of the political zeitgeist as the privatisation of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link did in 2010
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Shepherds Flat - Oregon’s big US wind farm
Renewables North AmericaGE EFS and Caithness Energy entered into the running for deal of 2010 when the wind farm closed in December
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Jubail Refinery - Saudi Arabia
Oil & Gas MENAThe debt financing behind the US$14 billion Jubail Refinery project in Saudi Arabia is perhaps 2010’s most complex deal
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Canada's Windsor-Essex Parkway
Transport North AmericaIt is the first road P3 to close under the Canadian province's own model - the successful financing coming despite a risk that it will be a highway to nowhere
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Denver's Landmark Eagle P3 Project
Transport North AmericaDenver's US$1.6bn Eagle P3 municipal rail system is the largest transit-oriented P3 project to close in the US
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Nuevo Pemex IPP - Mexico
Power Latin AmericaThe closing this June of a cogeneration IPP in Mexico is significant as the first IPP outside of the auspices of Mexico's Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) - but is also the first of nine planned by the country's state-owned petrochemicals company, P
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Texas' LBJ Freeway Managed Lanes P3
Transport North AmericaThe I-635/LBJ managed lanes project in Texas marks a major milestone in the development of private sector investment in infrastructure, standing as the largest transportation greenfield P3 project in the US
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Karolinska Hospital PPP
Social & Defence EuropeFor any country the leap from small scale project financing to a major social infrastructure PPP is always a challenge
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Ruby Pipeline
Oil & Gas North AmericaThe largest US midstream project in recent memory reached financial close in May with the US$3 billion Ruby Pipeline seen as a win-win project for all players in the North American energy sector
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Montreal University Hospital Research Centre P3
Social & Defence North AmericaAt a time when large scale healthcare projects are becoming an increasingly rare beast the Centre de recherché at Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal in Canada points towards a more positive future for the sector
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Exeltium Virtual Power Project Financing
Power EuropeExeltium was conceived by the French government in 2005 as an elegant way of killing two birds with one stone.
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Papua New Guinea LNG
Oil & Gas Asia PacificThe largest project financing of all time reached financial close in March with sponsors of the pathfinder PNG LNG project including ExxonMobil and Oil Search completing a financing package of US$14 billion
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Southmead Hospital PFI
Social & Defence EuropeThe financial close of the Southmead Acute hospital in the south-west of England was remarkable for several reasons - not least the speed of its procurement in such a constrained market.
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Santo Antonio Hydroelectric Plant
Power Latin AmericaThe Santo Antonio hydropower project was the biggest deal in IJ's league tables for 2009 - and any US$5 billion deal making it to financial close in the credit crunch deserves closer inspection
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Texas' landmark North Tarrant Express
Transport North AmericaThe US$2.101bn North Tarrant Express stands as one of the most complex PPP road projects ever undertaken in the US - leading the way in the emerging P3 market
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Florida's I-595 Corridor Expansion
Transport North AmericaFlorida's I-595 Corridor Roadway Improvements project is a landmark transaction in the growing P3 market and stands as a guide for future private sector participation in the US infrastructure market
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São Paulo Beltway - Rodoanel Oeste
Transport Latin AmericaThe Rodoanel Oeste ring road concession in São Paulo was one of the key transactions of 2009 that despite adverse market conditions, remains a leading example for the development of PPPs in the region
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Astoria Energy II
Power North AmericaThe deals that got done last year were the deals that had to get done - and the Astoria II gas-fired deal was done not a moment too soon to keep the lights on in New York City
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The UK's major airport acquisition - Gatwick
Transport EuropeThe sale of London's second largest airport to GIP was one of the landmark Transport transactions of 2009