Our ServicesWe are effective at closing privately financed infrastructure deals because we can structure deals that are commercially attractive and are of public interest.
We are a full service technical firm capable of analyzing the technical feasibility of a project and supervising its construction.
K&M’s innovative financing strategies provide viable project structures essential for achieving financial close. We offer a combination of project-proven experience, technical and financial expertise and a track record of success—all in one firm.
K&M earned a reputation for successfully implementing international IPPs by playing pivotal roles in the financial close of 19 landmark independent power transactions. K&M has assisted stakeholders with divergent interests and objectives structure projects, allocate risks and lead negotiations. K&M has become one of the leading consulting firms for arranging and developing successful project structures and institutional frameworks. By using techniques such as Build-Own-Transfer (BOT), Build-Own-Operate (BOO) and Build-Lease-Transfer (BLT), K&M's projects attract private capital investments and result in successfully closed transactions.
K&M advises governments on designing comprehensive strategies that balance risks and incentives for attracting investors that preserve public interest. K&M has advised on the development of policy frameworks that encourage private infrastructure development. This involved drafting legislation that set sector structure, ensuring enforcement of contractual obligations, establishing independent regulators, and clearly articulating policies, procedures and regulations.
Based on its investment experience, K&M knows what it takes to mobilize private capital. K&M is a trend setter in developing innovative strategies that allocate risks, responsibilities and rewards of private infrastructure projects among the participants. The challenge of private project development lies in structuring a transaction that creates a commercially viable and financially feasible project.
K&M has a reputation for aggressively defending the interests of the owner during the design, construction, and commissioning phases. Our advice has enabled project owners to construct power plants on schedule and within budget.
K&M’s range of experiences across many roles enable us to provide all-encompassing development advice to project owners. Unlike similar firms, K&M’s consulting services draw from our diverse experiences, which include working as an owner’s engineer, EPC contractor, project developer, investor, and owner.
K&M has managed, procured, structured, designed, and/or developed power projects producing over 30,000 MW and has completed numerous Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) /Turnkey Construction assignments around the world. K&M’s engineering team has a thorough understanding of the practical issues of power project development from extensive experience around the world. We strive to expeditiously resolve any issues that arise during all project phases.
K&M’s technical and commercial expertise ensures that the interests of lenders are protected and risks are minimized.
At K&M, we understand that well-structured project financed debt is a critical component of any successful energy project. We know that lenders want to identify, mitigate, and hedge against project risks.
K&M has a thorough understanding of the needs of debt providers. We use our first-hand project development experience working with development finance institutions, commercial banks, and other third-part debt providers to ensure that projects are completed on time and banks are paid back.
The essence of due diligence evaluation is risk identification, analysis, quantification and mitigation. K&M utilizes a three-pillar approach (technical, market and commercial) to due diligence, addressing these critical elements of a project.
K&M applies its comprehensive approach to risk mitigation for financial institutions, owners, operators and governments. The three-pillar approach has lead K&M’s clients to structure and achieve financial closure for infrastructure projects totaling more than $10 billion.
K&M provides an extensive range of evaluation services to a variety of clients due to our depth of industry understanding, technical and financial knowledge and operational experience. Through years of experience, K&M’s advisors have learned to ask the right questions, understand projects, and make decisions from a wealth of knowledge.
Unlike traditional consulting firms, K&M’s officers,managers and consultants have designed, built and operated utilities. We are aware of the consequences of projects that lack thorough assessment and risk mitigation. We conduct due diligence evaluation with the same excellence and attention to detail that we would for our own projects.
K&M integrates our technical, financial and market experience proactively to the objectives and problems of all levels of its client’s management. This integrated, balanced approach empowers clients to make meaningful decisions with a high degree of confidence.
K&M has applied its engineering and financial expertise to assess the feasibility of hundreds of infrastructure projects across nearly 50 countries
K&M has extensive experience providing engineering and financial services for assessing the feasibility of power and water projects. After completing an assessment of a wide range technological options, K&M’s engineers identify a small set of viable technical configurations. Using information from site and resource studies, K&M develops conceptual design and cost estimates while environmental and social experts assess impact and mitigation measures and costs. Simultaneously, legal and regulatory experts identify compliance costs and risks. K&M’s financial experts then integrate all the information in a detailed economic and financial model to determine if the project is economically and financially viable. Once viability is confirmed, K&M’s engineers develop an implementation plan, budget, and the necessary documentation to raise financing and commence construction.
K&M’s feasibility services are characterized by a pragmatic approach grounded in our experience financing, building, and operating infrastructure projects on our own account.
K&M’s advice is based on our exposure to and successful resolution of similar policy, regulatory and institutional needs as our clients.
K&M has assisted governments, multilateral agencies, ministries, and utilities throughout the world assess their own policies and regulations. Subsequently, K&M provides policy and regulatory options that promote competitive, efficient market environments while safeguarding the interests of key parties.
K&M’s policy and regulatory services are commonly used by private investors entering new markets, and incumbent investors concerned about policy or regulatory changes. While K&M’s team is not always familiar with local laws and regulations, we are very effective at interpreting the work of local advisors to identify risks and opportunities for foreign investors
K&M provides expert witness services on international arbitration, court proceedings and regulatory assessments.
K&M has experience consulting on the investor side of commercial claims and arbitration cases. This experience gives K&M a unique insight on the type of advice or expert testimony needed to win a claim or arbitration. K&M combines its past claims and litigation support experiences with our thorough knowledge of engineering and finance to provide comprehensive advice for litigations, claims, and serving as expert witnesses.
