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This episode is first in a series on global project finance, organized in partnership with SMBC Group. With a number of 4 episodes covering Europe, Australia, Asia and the US, this series is hosted by Aurora, with guests from SMBC Group, various law firms and Aurora.\n\nIn this episode, we have Ana Barillas, our Head of Iberia talking to Caroline Lytton, Managing Director, Head of Power & Renewables Global Structured Finance EMEA at SMBC, John Dewar, Partner at Milbank London and Casimir Lorenz, Principal at Aurora. \n\nCaroline has started working in project finance in 2003, she has always been focused on infrastructure having 12 years\u2019 experience in oil and gas. 3 years ago she was asked to head up the SMBC power and renewables business. \n\nJohn has lots of experience in the sector, and with Milbank, which has one of the largest renewable practices in the world. He became a partner in the late 90\u2019s and has worked on a series of IPP projects in the UK and Europe. At Milbank John works on renewable energy projects but also in the hydrogen space and the in EV and battery space. \n\nCasimir leads the renewable energy practice of Aurora\u2019s consulting team for continental Europe and he has been active in the energy space for the last 10 years. Before joining Aurora 4 years ago he did a PhD in Energy Economics followed by a post-doc at the German Institute for Economic Research focussing on policy consulting. \n\nThe main topics include:\n\n\u2022\tThe level of activity right now in the project finance space \n\u2022\tThe impact of a higher-inflation and higher cost environment on typical project finance terms\n\u2022\tMerchant risk and the biggest uncertainty in power markets at the moment\n\u2022\tManaging the policy and regulatory risk in the power sector from a project finance perspective