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Launch a PPP program for Law Firms in Jordan
A free 17-page guide · The $500 trillion PPP infrastructure opportunity
What this guide is for
Your firm launches a PPP practice to advise governments, sponsors, lenders and contractors on public-private partnership (PPP) projects and on the AI, robotics and tokenization inside them.
The case
Law firms write the contracts that hold a PPP together
A PPP is held together by contracts that run for decades, and every party appoints counsel: the government, the sponsors, the lenders, the contractors and the operator. The projects of the next fifty years will add data, machines and digital assets to those contracts. This guide invites law firms in Jordan to launch a PPP practice, starting with the projects at home.
The guide
Write the contracts of the $500 trillion PPP opportunity
Your firm opens a dedicated PPP practice, a team and a set of services that advise every party to a project from preparation to operation and answer the new questions raised by AI, robotics and tokenization, starting with Jordan’s $86 billion of projects and the $46 billion anchored in Aqaba.
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A PPP practice group
A dedicated team of projects, finance, construction, public law and disputes lawyers covers every PPP in the pipeline and advises whichever party the firm is best placed to serve.
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Concession agreements
The practice drafts, reviews and negotiates concession and project agreements, construction and operation contracts, direct agreements and security packages for governments, sponsors, lenders and contractors.
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Direct proposals and small-scale PPPs
Jordan’s PPP Law No. 19 of 2023 accepts direct private proposals under Article 15, and PPP Regulation No. 9 of 2024 defines small-scale PPPs below $14.1 million, which can be bundled into one feasibility report and one tender. Standard documents for these routes let the firm serve many smaller clients at a sensible cost.
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Tokenization and digital assets
The practice structures tokenized PPP notes and participations in project revenues, working with the rules of regulated financial centers such as ADGM and with Jordan’s Blockchain Technology Policy of December 2024.
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AI contract tools
The firm uses AI to read, compare and draft concession documents, track obligations across the life of a project and answer questions on a contract in plain language, which lets a lean team handle large transactions.
Why law firms
Law firms write the contracts that hold a PPP together
A PPP is a set of contracts that runs for decades. Governments, sponsors, lenders, contractors and operators each appoint their own counsel, and the documents those lawyers negotiate decide who carries each risk for the life of the project.
Where law firms fit in a PPP
- Preparation
- Advice to governments on the PPP law, the project structure, the risk allocation and the draft concession agreement.
- Tender
- Bid documents, consortium and teaming agreements, and review of the draft contract for each bidder.
- Financial close
- Loan agreements, direct agreements, security packages, hedging documents and conditions precedent for sponsors and lenders.
- Construction
- Construction and supply contracts, claims, variations and disputes between the project company and its contractors.
- Operation
- Operation and maintenance contracts, compliance, refinancing, tokenized notes and the handback of the asset at the end of the term.
What changes for lawyers
AI, robotics and tokenization change both the work and the contracts. AI tools read and compare documents in hours, which moves a lawyer’s time toward judgment and negotiation. Robotic construction and operation add clauses on liability, safety and data, and tokenized notes bring securities, custody and smart contract questions into every financing. A firm that understands the technology can draft documents that match how the asset will be built and run.
Why a practice, and why now
Without a dedicated practice, a firm meets each PPP through whichever partner a client happens to call, and the knowledge stays with that partner. A practice gives the firm a team, a library of standard documents and a name with governments and sponsors, so each new mandate is faster and cheaper to deliver than the last. Jordan’s pipeline is large and early, and the firms that advise its first projects will write the documents the market uses after them.
Futureproofing
Futureproof Law Firms in Jordan for the infrastructure singularity
This free 17-page guide shows how, with small PPPs in parallel, PPP research labs, artificial intelligence, robotics, tokenization and six first steps.
Jordan and Aqaba
An $86 billion pipeline to start with
Every one of them will need contracts and counsel for each party. A Jordanian firm that advises on one project at home can carry the same documents to the next one across the region.
- $86B
- of PPP and infrastructure projects in development in Jordan
- $46B
- of them anchored in Aqaba
Artificial intelligence
AI changes how a PPP practice works. A concession agreement and its schedules can be read, compared against similar deals and checked for gaps in hours, and obligations can be tracked automatically for the life of the contract. A firm that builds these tools into its practice can advise on more projects with a smaller team and offer clients fixed prices for standard work.
Robotics
Robotics brings new clauses into PPP contracts. Autonomous machines on site and in operation raise questions of liability, insurance, safety approvals and data ownership. Contracts will need to set who answers when a drone, a crawler or an automated system fails, and a firm that drafts these clauses can use them across every project it advises.
Tokenization
Tokenization needs lawyers at every step. Each issue of tokenized PPP notes requires a legal structure, a regulated venue, investor disclosures, security over the project’s revenues and smart contracts that match the legal documents. A firm that builds this practice early can advise issuers, banks and governments on the first tokenized PPPs in the region.
Small PPPs and research labs
Each lab is a working test of contract design. Every pilot shows what the contract should have said, and a firm that drafts and reviews small PPPs builds the standard, adaptable templates Jordan needs to run hundreds of projects a year, along with the know-how for tokenized and technology-heavy concessions.
Unsolicited proposals
Direct proposals are legal work from the first page: the conditions under Article 15 and PPP Regulation No. 9 of 2024, the intellectual property in the idea, the conflict-of-interest disclosure and the proposer’s rights at tender. A firm that guides proposers through them becomes the first call for every company with an idea for government.
The program
How the program could work
The program can take the form of a PPP practice group inside the firm, drawing on its projects, finance, construction and disputes lawyers.
- Practice group
- A small team of partners and associates from projects, finance, construction, public law and disputes that covers every PPP in the pipeline.
- Government advice
- Support to ministries and contracting authorities on project structure, tender documents and concession agreements.
- Sponsor and lender
- Consortium agreements, bids, financing documents and security packages for sponsors, lenders and contractors.
- Small projects
- Standard documents for small-scale PPPs below $14.1 million and for direct proposals under Article 15.
- Digital assets
- Structuring for tokenized PPP notes and participations, working with regulators and platforms in the region.
- AI tools
- Contract intelligence for drafting, review, comparison and obligation tracking across the life of a concession.
- Partners
- Relationships with international firms, technical and financial advisors, banks and infrastructure funds on the larger projects.
What the firm gains
The firm gains mandates that run for years, from preparation through financial close, construction and operation, and clients who return for every refinancing, variation and dispute. Every project brings a government, sponsors, lenders and contractors, and each of them will need counsel on the next deal.
It also gains a lead in the law of the next infrastructure. The first firms in the region to document a tokenized PPP, a robotic maintenance contract or an AI-operated asset will draft the precedents that later transactions follow.
Next steps
How a law firm can start
Any law firm in Jordan can take this guide forward. The first steps use the lawyers, precedents and clients the firm already has.
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Mandate
Partner approval for a PPP practice, with its services, its target clients and its first-year goals.
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Team
A named practice lead, with projects, finance, regulatory and disputes lawyers drawn from the firm’s existing teams.
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Pipeline
A map of Jordan’s $86 billion of projects by sector and stage, and early meetings with the contracting authorities, sponsors and lenders behind them.
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Documents
Standard, adaptable templates for small-scale PPPs, direct proposals and tokenized notes.
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Partners
Engineering firms, financial advisors, banks and international firms for the larger projects.
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Pilot
A first direct proposal or small-scale PPP documented from idea to submission.
Jordan has the projects, a recent PPP law and a regulation that opens the market to small projects. A PPP practice puts your firm at the table when the contracts of the superintelligent infrastructure future are written, starting with Jordan’s $86 billion and Aqaba’s $46 billion of projects.
The full document
Inside this guide
Seventeen pages and thirteen sections, from the case for a PPP program to the first steps, written for law firms in Jordan.
Download the guide (PDF)
- 01IntroductionWhy a century of infrastructure needs rebuilding, and the $500 trillion it will take.p. 3
- 02The guideWrite the contracts of the $500 trillion PPP opportunityp. 5
- 03Jordan and AqabaAn $86 billion pipeline to start withp. 6
- 04Artificial intelligenceHow AI designs, structures and runs PPP projects, and what it means for law firms.p. 7
- 05RoboticsHow robots build infrastructure and keep it running, and what that means for law firms.p. 8
- 06TokenizationHow tokenization funds projects from their own revenue, and the role it opens for law firms.p. 9
- 07Small PPPs in parallelWhy many small PPPs teach a country faster than a few large ones.p. 10
- 08PPP research labsA lab in each sector, running ten small PPP projects a year.p. 11
- 09Unsolicited proposalsHow Jordan’s PPP law accepts direct proposals from private companies.p. 12
- 10Why law firmsLaw firms write the contracts that hold a PPP togetherp. 13
- 11The programThe program can take the form of a PPP practice group inside the firm, drawing on its projects, finance, construction and disputes lawyers.p. 14
- 12AboutAbout Jordan PPP and what it offers.p. 15
- 13Next stepsHow a law firm can start: six first steps.p. 16
Questions
Questions about the guide for Law Firms in Jordan
- What does the guide for Law Firms in Jordan propose?
- Your firm launches a PPP practice to advise governments, sponsors, lenders and contractors on public-private partnership (PPP) projects and on the AI, robotics and tokenization inside them.
- Why should law firms in Jordan launch a PPP program?
- Law firms write the contracts that hold a PPP together. A PPP is a set of contracts that runs for decades. Governments, sponsors, lenders, contractors and operators each appoint their own counsel, and the documents those lawyers negotiate decide who carries each risk for the life of the project.
- Which PPP projects can law firms in Jordan take part in?
- Jordan has about $86 billion of PPP and infrastructure projects in development, $46 billion of them anchored in Aqaba. Every one of them will need contracts and counsel for each party. A Jordanian firm that advises on one project at home can carry the same documents to the next one across the region.
- How can law firms in Jordan start a PPP program?
- Any law firm in Jordan can take this guide forward. The first steps use the lawyers, precedents and clients the firm already has. The guide sets out six first steps: mandate, team, pipeline, documents, partners and pilot.
- What does a PPP program give law firms in Jordan?
- The firm gains mandates that run for years, from preparation through financial close, construction and operation, and clients who return for every refinancing, variation and dispute. Every project brings a government, sponsors, lenders and contractors, and each of them will need counsel on the next deal.
- Is the guide for Law Firms in Jordan free?
- Yes. It is free to read on this page and free to download as a 17-page PDF, with the case for a PPP program, Jordan’s pipeline, the role of AI, robotics and tokenization, the program and six first steps.
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