Project Finance – GAC advises clients requiring project financing: with leverage levels of 50/45 all the way to 80/20, companies can develop a wide range of cross-border projects utilizing a wide range capital support tools from Developmental Finance Institutions (DFIs) as well as hard- and local currency finance from international and indigenous governmental, non-profit and commercial debt and equity investors. Interlink has worked with a variety of DFIs, including the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the Inter-American Development Bank, the International Finance Corporation, German Investment and Financing development company (DEG), Dutch development bank (FMO), among others. Because capital can be scarce in emerging markets, DFIs fill the demand for companies looking to expand in developing countries but who cannot access long-term debt financing. Interlink provides key support in managing the loan application process; writing all relevant project memoranda including business plans, financial models, executive summaries, among others; and providing ongoing support and advice when working with a variety of lenders until disbursement. We have a proven track record.
Political Risk Insurance – Political risk insurance covers the inability to convert the local currency into dollars; loss due to expropriation, nationalization or confiscation; loss due to political violence; loss of business income due to interruption by political violence; and loss due to government breach of contract .When necessary , Interlink can assist clients to obtain political and other forms of partial risk insurance from US and international bi-lateral and multilateral agencies as well as commercial to protect the investor's and other potential equity participants’ shipments and long-term project investments overseas.Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency Finance
GAC staff has worked on clean tech generation and energy efficiency projects deploying solar, wind, and compressed natural gas as well as combined heat and power, bio-fuels, hydro-electric, and advanced nuclear technologies.
GAC provides financial advisory services to investors, vendors, and project developers in the clean energy and energy efficiency sectors. GAC has teamed with several commercial and capital market players (including insurance companies, investment banks and commercial banks) to provide structured financing guidance to renewable energy project sponsors or vendors. In the domestic US market, ICS provides a unique mix of experience helping our clients access the US government's DOE grant and loan guarantee programs, USDA grant, partial credit guarantee, and direct lending programs; the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation's programs, as well as state and local government capitals assistance programs, complementing traditional commercial equity and debt sources. Similarly, our assistance to clients seeking to consummate sales or sponsor renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in emerging markets utilizes, our staff’s deep experience accessing a similarly wide range of multi-lateral, bi-lateral, and national public finance sources, as well as the full range of commercial equity and debt investors.
