Infrastructure planning, transaction advisory, and financing

We help investors and asset owners

originate proprietary deal flow, identifying and developing invest-able opportunities. We perform due diligence on the commercial, regulatory, market and political aspects of a proposed investment. We advise them on mechanisms such as viability gap funding, development grants, guarantees and other risk-sharing to attract blended finance.

We help governments and international agencies

develop master plans, integrated resource plans, and pipelines of projects that create economic benefits and are financeable. We develop and appraise projects to see if they are economically, financially, technically, environmentally and socially viable. We structure projects, attract market interest, develop project documents, run tender processes, evaluate bids, assist in negotiations, and help government agencies get to financial close. We also help blend public and private finance so that socially desirable projects can proceed.

Sectors

Infrastructure and markets for social services

Natural resources and primary production

Market Analysis and Regulatory Due Diligence on ACWA Bid, Philippines

Castalia performed market analysis and regulatory due diligence on ACWA Power’s bid for majority holding in the Masinloc power plant. The Philippine’s energy market is a complex mix of wholesale spot market prices and long-term power purchase agreement type contracts ... Read more

Water Utilities Market Mapping

We identified water utilities in Colombia that could benefit finance from the IFC. Many water utilities in Colombia lack access to finance. The IFC was willing to help, but needed to identify suitable candidates for finance ... Read more

Power Sector Advisory, Ghana

Castalia designed a procurement framework to create a market for renewable energy in Ghana and demonstrated value-for-money from proposed concession to turn around the Electricity Company of Ghana with private finance and management. Ghana’s power supply system couldn’t keep up ... Read more

Utility-Scale Solar PV Transaction Advisory, Bermuda

Castalia advised the Government of Bermuda on a transaction for a 6MW solar PV project and helped the project reach financial close. The government had identified a potential site for a large-scale renewable energy project on public land but didn’t ... Read more

Mombasa County Infrastructure Plan, Kenya

We developed an institutional structure and business plan for Mombasa County to efficiently deliver water supply and sanitation services. The local water service only reached 10 percent of the people, was unreliable, and financial unsustainable ... Read more

Water Management Assistance Contract, Haiti

Castalia assisted Haiti’s water agency DINEPA in preparing and running a transaction for a management assistance contractor to manage key utility functions in the capital. The 2010 earthquake destroyed Port-au-Prince’s water infrastructure. It was urgent to rebuild the system and ... Read more

School PPP Feasibility Study, New Zealand

Castalia prepared a Stage One Business Case testing whether PPPs for schools would offer value for money. The Ministry of Education was challenged with managing its property portfolio and building better capacity to manage school properties in New Zealand ... Read more

North Luzon – South Luzon Expressway Connector, Philippines

Castalia helped run a “Swiss challenge” competitive procurement process for a new highway in Manila. The Philippines government had received an unsolicited proposal to build an 8km highway in Manila and was required by law to run a competitive procurement ... Read more