Project finance is a fast-growing area of capital investment for major infrastructure and other large projects. Financing such projects as EuroDisney, airports, highways, tunnels, schools, hospitals, and other large projects presents a complex and interesting challenge that the specialty of project finance takes on wholeheartedly, combining financial engineering with legal and contractual expertise to develop various financing options. In this book, Stefano Gatti of Bocconi University describes the theory that underpins this cutting-edge industry, and then provides illustrations and examples from actual practice to illustrate that theory. The CDROM included with the book provides readers with the opportunity to generate results using an excel spreadsheet. The book is clearly written, with the aide of legal project finance experts who bring their knowledge to bear on the sections describing the legal issues. *Comprehensive coverage of theory and practice of project finance as it is practiced today in Europe and North America *CDROM included with the book contains interactive spreadsheets so that readers can input data and run and compare various scenarios, including up to the minute treatment of the cutting-edge areas of PPPs and the new problems raised by Basel II related to credit risk measurement *Legal sections written by lawyers involved in Project Finance *Online Instructors Manual/ Teacher Resource Pack with solutions to exercises in the book, test bank, and ppt slides to accompany each chapter on Elsevier password-protected website