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Legal Eagle Terminal Concessions

MIND THE EXIT ARRANGEMENTS

Exit arrangements from terminal concessions are not always high on the agenda when it comes to drawing up such agreements. Mark Lloyd-Williams, Partner at Norton Rose, suggests they are worthy of more attention as Mike Mundy reports.

NYKs Paragon Terminal at Amsterdam: growing resale market in port properties/businesses dictates more consideration of exit arrangements from terminal concessions at an earlier stage
NYKs Paragon Terminal at Amsterdam: growing resale market in port properties/businesses dictates more consideration of exit arrangements from terminal concessions at an earlier stage

Speaking at the recent MedTrade Conference, held in Venice, Lloyd-Williams brought into focus the increasingly important aspect of the legalities covering exit arrangements from port concession agreements. This is a subject that is today increasingly in the minds of financiers of new port concessions in particular and to a lesser extent in the minds of port authorities and other government agencies with responsibility for the issuing of concession agreements.

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NYKs Paragon Terminal at Amsterdam: growing resale market in port properties/businesses dictates more consideration of exit arrangements from terminal concessions at an earlier stage

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