Infrastructure Advisory & Transactions

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We provide high quality advice across the asset and project lifecycle, and ultimately champion any project.

We deliver infrastructure advisory services to developers, asset operators, statutory bodies, government agencies and private sector funders to deliver successful projects.

Through our deep knowledge of the success factors needed to deliver positive project outcomes, we draw on first-hand experience when managing the development and delivery of complex and high value projects. Our team brings commercial, financial, technical, operation, legal, stakeholder engagement and approvals ‘know-how’ to the table.

The approach we adopt begins with understanding the underlying need for the project, utilising our expertise and our substantial sector experience to position the project into the market to obtain value for money outcomes.

We pride ourselves on bringing successful outcomes across social and economic infrastructure projects and programs in Australia and the USA.

Key Services

Transaction Advisory

Project positioning, transaction strategy and optimising value from the financing and delivery markets across a range of infrastructure delivery models.

Transaction Management

Drawing on established systems and procurement process knowledge across all jurisdictions in Australia. Planning, managing and negotiating value for money outcomes across major infrastructure investments by the private sector and Governments at all levels.

Project Governance

Establishing the project governance structures necessary to facilitate decision making that supports investment decisions and project delivery. Providing Government and corporate stakeholders the confidence to act and the assurance needed to deliver positive outcomes.

Commercial Advice

Advising on and evaluating commercial deals to extract optimum value from projects and service delivery approaches. We leverage our market leading knowledge and financial modelling capabilities to evaluate, negotiate and support decision making.

Delivery and Procurement Strategy

Establishing the delivery strategy, procurement approach and operating model for complex projects and large scale transactions.

Bid Strategy and Preparation

Supporting winning bids with the technical and commercial skills needed.

Asset Management & Operations

Strategic Asset Management Planning
Asset due diligence reporting
Lifecycle asset planning
Service delivery and operations planning
Operational readiness

Business/Investment Cases and Feasibilities

Leading all aspects of the asset investment prioritisation process for government and private sector clients. We deploy our technical capabilities, commercial and financial acumen and strategic capabilities to develop effective approaches and get them approved.

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KEY CONTACTS

Viraj Perera

Partner, Board Director, Commercial Advisory and Transactions

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Viraj is an experienced project leader with a blend of engineering, financing, and commercial expertise in leading and managing complex projects.

He is experienced in leading and delivering successful projects in the private and public sectors and brings market excellence in managing complex stakeholder environments and significant transactions. Viraj has held numerous executive level public sector roles and has an extensive track record in PPPs, Development Agreements and innovative structured finance transactions.

Viraj’s approach to fostering meaningful engagements between the private and public sectors is a skillset that is sought out for unique project situations requiring an innovative approach to deliver value for money outcomes.

Lindel James

Partner

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Lindel is an industry leading infrastructure and government contracting advisor, with extensive public and private sector experience gained in professional services and PPPs.

Lindel has advised on a wide range of iconic projects in the housing, health, justice, education, rail, roads and defence sectors. Her expertise includes project leadership, commercial structuring and negotiations, performance regime design, financial analysis and advice on contract implementation, including refinancings and modifications.

Lindel is also experienced in financial structuring, infrastructure procurement, business case development, procurement strategies as well as managing infrastructure and government services projects.

Vivek Dodani

Executive Director

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Vivek is an experienced project finance and infrastructure specialist who has advised on more than $20 billion worth of projects and delivered strategic, commercial and financial advice for large complex infrastructure projects.

He has extensive experience in market led proposals and capital financing, working with multiple state-owned entities, private sector and multilateral agencies to finance infrastructure projects.

A transport specialist, Vivek has worked on a number of rail and urban renewal projects that have included Suburban Rail Loop, West Gate Tunnel Project, Melbourne Metro and the High-Capacity Metro Trains project.

Richard Mueller

Partner. National Manager, Asset Management & Operations Management

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Richard has more than 25 years’ experience specialising in water, waste and environmental sectors. He held positions on the board of the Ti-Tree BioEnergy Facility and numerous Veolia Water Australia entities.

He has held senior positions on large scale infrastructure projects in the bid, design, commissioning and operational phases including Gold Coast and Sydney Desalination plants, Springvale/Mount Piper power station and Australia’s first large scale waste to energy facility in Kwinana Perth.

Richard is an excellent communicator providing his teams with extensive knowledge and experience to deliver projects successfully, reduce operational risks and improve financial outcomes under environmentally sustainable frameworks.

Dr Mano Nugapitiya

Partner. Strategic Advisor

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Mano is a qualified project specialist with a strong background in asset management, facility management and operations.

Mano delivers a whole of life asset approach to projects which he has demonstrated over more than 25 years’ experience in the industry. He has extensive experience planning and delivering large scale projects in social and economic infrastructure, predominantly in the public sector.

Specialising in the front end of projects, Mano ensures programs are aligned to organisation business strategies. His specialist skills also includes due diligence, technical leadership, business cases and transaction management.

Zach Phillips

Director

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Zach is an experienced asset manager specialising in project management, data systems, lifecycle asset planning and reliability engineering with a history leading technical teams to deliver innovative systems.

Zach has held senior positions on large scale water projects and been responsible for the delivery of asset management enterprise IT systems and support services, developing an ANZ wide asset management strategy to manage more than $10 billion of infrastructure assets.

He has worked with global asset management stakeholders and information systems preparing business cases and implementing integrated CMMS reporting solutions for fleet businesses throughout Australia and New Zealand.

Liam Callaghan

Director

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Liam is an infrastructure advisory specialist. With extensive experience delivering leading infrastructure projects, Liam’s technical expertise, asset management capabilities, transport planning and strategic project experience underpins his ability to achieve successful outcomes for every project.

With experience working across Australia and internationally, Liam is an accomplished asset management strategist, with demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing asset management systems compliant with international standard ISO55001. Through extensive experience in delivering infrastructure projects, Liam brings technical leadership and strategic senior management experience with Government, asset operators and major organisations across Australia.

Liam has considerable expertise in infrastructure planning, civil and railway engineering, project management and team/stakeholder management and is proficient in commercial and contract management.

Key Projects