Top Project Finance Companies Globally
Non-recourse project finance
backs LNG trains, fiber networks, and offshore wind. A small group of arrangers leads the market and coordinates ECAs, DFIs, and institutional investors for complex builds. Below you will find an interactive screen to check bankability, a practical list of active arrangers, and a lender process that is built to survive credit committee scrutiny. If you qualify, request a quote and we respond with scope, timing, and the route to termable offers.
Lenders fund bankable files, not ideas. Clean revenue, clear permits, EPC certainty, credible equity, and a model that can take punches in diligence. If you want to understand what “bankable” means in plain terms, start with our
Project Finance Scope
and then run the screen below.
Project Finance Readiness & Enquiry
Answer step by step. You will see a bankability score and a recommended route. If you qualify, submit your enquiry. If you want to see our workflow before you submit, read how our procedure works.
Global Front Runners
These names frequently appear on public league tables and announced mandates. Your “best” MLA is the one whose sector desk, country limits, and credit appetite fit your file right now. If you want a blunt view on what kills deals early, read Securing Project Finance Without Upfront Fees.
- JPMorgan Chase
Frequently active across North America and global mandates. Strong on large-scale energy and infrastructure with deep distribution.
- Strengths: syndication reach, structuring depth, large-ticket capacity
- Fit: LNG, transport concessions, digital infrastructure
- Citi
Strong cross-border capability with frequent activity in power, water, and multi-currency structures.
- Strengths: multi-currency syndication, emerging market structuring
- Fit: utility-scale renewables, IWPP, transmission, desalination
- BNP Paribas
Regularly active in EMEA, often seen on renewables and transport infrastructure financings.
- Strengths: euro liquidity, ECA familiarity, sustainable finance know-how
- Fit: offshore wind, rail, interconnectors
- MUFG Bank
Often strong in Asia-Pacific with long-tenor appetite where the contract set is tight and sponsors are credible.
- Strengths: long tenor, cross-border experience, DFI coordination
- Fit: transition assets, storage, large industrial builds
- Goldman Sachs
Often seen where the structure needs sophisticated risk allocation, covenant design, and a tight process.
- Strengths: complex structuring, sponsor advisory, capital markets angles
- Fit: digital infrastructure, carve-outs, edge builds
- Société Générale
Often active across infrastructure and resources, with experience that helps on hedging-heavy projects.
- Strengths: commodities and hedging, ECA familiarity
- Fit: metals, transition supply chains, select infrastructure
- Bank of America
Often present on US-led stacks where tax-driven elements and structured tranching matter.
- Strengths: US structuring depth, sponsor ecosystem
- Fit: utility-scale renewables, storage, infrastructure
Use the list as a starting point. Always validate sector fit, country limits, and internal bank capacity before you spend weeks on meetings.
Choosing The Right MLA
MLA means Mandated Lead Arranger. The right MLA is not the biggest logo. It is the desk that can take your exact file through credit and still defend the structure when lawyers, engineers, and insurers start pulling on threads.
- Sector pedigree.
Pick offshore wind banks for turbines, resources banks for mines, digital desks for fiber and data centers.
- Country limits.
Confirm limits early. Quotas move during the quarter.
- Currency.
Dollar and euro tranches can share security. Ask about local currency sidecars where revenues are local.
- ECA and DFI links.
JBIC, UKEF, DFC, and similar agencies reward MLAs who understand local content and documentation patterns.
- Credit enhancement.
PRGs, MIGA-style cover, DSRA sizing, and in some cases a Standby Letter of Credit
can shift the bank case, but only when it is clean and verifiable.
Project-Finance Playbook
| Phase |
What We Do |
Timing |
| Bank-Ready Pack
|
Align model, contracts, permits, and risk allocation to lender tests. If you want the exact scope, see Project Finance Scope. |
Weeks 1 to 2 |
| Competitive Tender
|
Run a disciplined approach to MLAs, then widen the club. Bid margin, fees, reserves, covenants, and draw mechanics. The workflow is outlined on Procedure. |
Weeks 3 to 6 |
| Credit & Documentation
|
Manage Q&A, technical diligence, ECA and DFI overlays, hedging, account controls, and the common terms agreement. |
Weeks 7 to 18 |
| Close & Monitoring
|
Close, monitor covenants, handle variations, and prepare for refinance windows once the asset stabilizes. |
Ongoing |
Submit Your Project Finance Enquiry
Upload the model, permits, and key contracts. We confirm the route, timing, and scope. If you want to see the indicative format first, review the Project Finance Term Sheet.
Submit Enquiry
FAQ
What do project finance advisors actually do?
They align the model, contracts, construction path, permits, and security package to lender tests, then run a focused process to MLAs, ECAs, DFIs, and private credit.
When do project finance consultants engage ECAs?
As soon as eligible content and supplier content are clear, because ECA feedback can change tenor, pricing, conditions precedent, and documentation.
Can you run a process with merchant risk?
Yes, but leverage tightens and lenders push for hedges, reserves, or stronger sponsor support. We model the trade-offs and show the lender case.
What equity level is normally expected?
It varies by sector and country, but serious lenders expect credible equity at risk and proof of funds, not a plan to fund 100% with external debt.
What is the fastest way to get termable feedback?
Submit a complete pack: model, permits status, EPC approach, offtake evidence, capex breakdown, and ownership details. Missing basics slows everything.
This page is informational. It is not an offer, commitment, or a promise to arrange financing. Selection of banks and “top” positioning are based on public league tables and announced mandates that change over time. Financely Group acts as an arranger and advisor through regulated partners where required. All outcomes remain subject to underwriting, diligence, legal documentation, KYC, AML, and country risk approval.