Services

Bankability & Financing Readiness Services

A structured path from first diagnostic to delivered project — enter at any stage.

FTA&C is principal-led: the work is done by the principal, not handed to a junior while a partner appears at the pitch. Specialist associates — tax, legal, technical, country-specific — are brought in by name when a project needs a specific jurisdiction or discipline, and technology is used throughout to accelerate the work. The result is direct access to the person actually doing it, on a fixed, transparent scope.

How we take a project to close — and beyondLifecycle

Our work spans four phases. Most projects come to us at the Diagnostic stage; we then structure, execute and, once financing is secured, oversee delivery.

1
Diagnostic
Health Check → Assessment

Identify the gaps and risks that would stall financing.

2
Structuring
Readiness Build-Out

Fix the model, contracts and project structure.

3
Execution
Readiness Build-Out

Assemble the data room and manage due diligence (DD) to a signed deal.

4
Delivery
Post-Financial Close Project Management

Senior owner's-side oversight through construction and beyond.

The five servicesDetail
START HERE

Bankability Health Check

A self-serve readiness checklist against lender and DFI (Development Finance Institution) expectations — an instant indicative score, category breakdown and priority gap report. The easiest way to see where your project stands.Deliverable: indicative readiness report. Leads to the Funding Package Diagnostic.
Free
Self-serve or assisted
STEP 1

Funding Package Diagnostic

A fast, focused expert review of your five core documents — business plan, financial model, funding structure, investment proposal and sponsor profile. The first time we look at your real documents.Deliverable: a short written diagnostic plus a call. Fee credited against the Assessment.
From £2,500
5–7 days
STEP 2

Comprehensive Bankability Assessment

The DFI-grade diagnostic that shows you why lenders might say no — before you submit. A full review across 4 pillars, helping you reach financial close faster and with fewer surprises:
  • Financial model & cash flow
  • Risk allocation & mitigation
  • Contractual structure
  • Off-take & governance
  • Deliverable — the Bankability Diagnostic Report
    • Red Flags — what gets it rejected today
    • Structural Enhancements — how to re-engineer the debt/equity stack & contracts
    • Lender Readiness Score — to show equity partners/lenders
Fee credited against the Package.
From £8,000
2–3 weeks
STEP 3

Financing Readiness Build-Out

We restructure the deal and build the missing documentation suite — then manage you through due diligence to a signed agreement. That means re-engineering the project structure, assembling the lender-grade data room, and orchestrating specialist partners (market, technical, environmental & social, legal) under one accountable point of contact.Deliverable: a complete, lender-ready data room with DD support through to close.
Fixed fee
Scoped after Assessment
STEP 4

Post-Financial Close Project Management

Senior, independent owner's-side oversight once financing is secured — project charter and plans, fund drawdown tracking, milestone and risk management, lender reporting and contractor oversight. Optional operational documents available separately.Basis: fixed fee or day rate, scoped to the engagement.
Scoped
Post-close
Each paid step credits forward into the next — nothing is paid for twice.

A note on confidentiality

You'll be sharing financial models and commercially sensitive plans with us. Here's how that's handled: material is seen only by the principal and by any named specialist associate brought onto your engagement, each of whom signs an NDA before seeing your documents. Where technology is used — for example to parse data rooms or stress-test models — it supports the review; it does not replace it, and nothing is shared with third-party AI tools without your knowledge. Ask us anything further before you share a single document.

Advanced AI scans contracts. Senior partners close deals.

Modern technology accelerates project preparation — but only institutional experience secures lender approval. This is the trust gap between a summary and a signed credit agreement.

01 · Institutional Liability

AI output carries zero legal weight.

Lenders require principal-led work backed by experts who stake their reputation on it — not a generated summary with no one standing behind it.

02 · Regional Bank Dynamics

Tacit local knowledge can't be prompted.

A specific Abu Dhabi or Riyadh bank's current sector exposure limits; West African off-take needing local political-risk cover — software simply can't access this.

03 · Restructuring, Not Just Finding

Spotting a risk is 10%. Fixing it is the other 90%.

The real work is re-engineering the SPV and cash-flow waterfall to pass DSCR stress tests — without destroying sponsor equity.

04 · Confidentiality Isn't Optional

Your data is too sensitive for a public AI tool.

Off-take agreements, sponsor financials and concession terms are handled under professional obligation and proper controls — the standard lenders expect.

Bionic advisory: AI parsing engines work behind the scenes — auditing data rooms, flagging anomalies, stress-testing models in hours, not weeks. The savings are passed to you; senior partners spend 100% of their time on deal structuring.
AI can help you write a checklist. FTA&C delivers the DFI-grade stamp of readiness that turns stalled negotiations into signed credit agreements.

Already using AI internally for due diligence? AI is great for identifying clauses — but lenders need institutional validation to release capital. We bridge that exact trust gap.

Industry experienceWhere we work

Deep experience where projects get financed.

Focused on the sectors and markets where bankability, structuring and delivery decide whether a project reaches financial close.

Sector

Capital Projects & Infrastructure

Planning, structuring and executing large-scale capital programmes so they stand up to lender and DFI scrutiny.

Sector

Energy

From refining and power to renewables — preparing energy projects for project finance, offtake and investment.

Sector

Financial Services

Advisory grounded in how banks, DFIs and credit committees actually assess and approve funding.

Sector

Private Equity & Investment

Supporting sponsors and investors across the investment lifecycle — from due diligence to value creation.

Reach

International Markets

Engagements spanning the Gulf, Africa, Europe and North America, bringing local knowledge to each market.

Method

AI-Augmented Delivery

Advanced data-parsing engines behind the scenes — auditing data rooms and stress-testing models in hours, not weeks — so senior time goes to the deal.

Ready to find out where your project stands?

Start with a free Health Check, or book a call to discuss which step fits your project today.