As previously unchartered markets open themselves to investment, and as countries that have a long history of investment reconsider their priorities in allowing further investment into their countries, the foreign investors, financiers and local targets each need to consider real estate and infrastructure transactions from a broader perspective, to determine how to best implement their transaction to address both macro and micro concerns with cross border transactions. The session is aimed at practitioners who advise on cross-border investment transactions in both the real estate and infrastructure sectors, whether from an mergers and acquisitions perspective, privatisation of state assets or the entering into of consortium arrangements to undertake major transactions.

This session aims to give the perspective of investors on perceived barriers to entry, as well as the perspective of the target and how the challenges of cross-border transactions can best be managed within their country context, and how this can interplay with the availability of funds for the project.