Infrastructure & Government Project Advisory

Overview

Infrastructure projects in India — highways, ports, airports, power, urban infrastructure, and social sector PPPs — involve government contracts of extraordinary complexity: concession agreements, EPC contracts, operations and maintenance agreements, and the regulatory frameworks of sector-specific regulators such as NHAI, AAI, TRAI, CERC, and state infrastructure development authorities. The contractual rights of concessionaries, contractors, and lenders in infrastructure projects are subject to the interpretation of standard NITI Aayog PPP model concession agreements, sector-specific bidding documents, and the general law of contract under the Indian Contract Act 1872. Corpus Juris Legal advises infrastructure developers, EPC contractors, project finance lenders, and government entities on all phases of infrastructure project legal work — from bid advisory and concession agreement negotiation through construction period compliance, operation phase disputes, and project exits. Our infrastructure practice covers PPP concession agreement drafting and review, force majeure and change in law claim preparation, termination and compensation disputes, lender security documentation, and regulatory approvals from sector authorities. Dispute resolution in infrastructure projects is predominantly through arbitration — and we have represented infrastructure concessionaries and contractors in NHAI, DMRC, and state infrastructure authority arbitrations involving claims exceeding ₹1,000 crore. For project finance, we advise lenders on security creation, step-in rights, substitution rights, and the enforceability of lender protections under concession agreements. Government contract procurement advisory — bid documentation review, disqualification challenge, and government blacklisting defence — is also within our practice.

Key Service Components

• ◆PPP concession agreement review, negotiation, and advisory
• ◆EPC contract drafting and contractor advisory
• ◆Force majeure, change in law, and termination compensation claims
• ◆Infrastructure arbitration — NHAI, DMRC, state authority disputes
• ◆Project finance security documentation — charge, mortgage, and pledge
• ◆Lender step-in rights and substitution right structuring
• ◆Sector regulatory approvals — NHAI, AAI, CERC, state regulators
• ◆Government contract procurement advisory and bid documentation review
• ◆Government blacklisting and debarment challenge
• ◆Infrastructure M&A — concession assignment and change of control approvals

Our Approach

We approach infrastructure project work with the understanding that these are long-duration relationships — not one-time transactions. Every contract we draft or negotiate is built for the full project life cycle, with dispute avoidance as an explicit objective.

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