An Interactive 5-Day Training Course

Renegotiation, Amendments and Dispute Management in PPP Contracts

Protecting the Public Interest through the Contract Lifecycle

Renegotiation, Amendments and Dispute Management in PPP Contracts

Scheduled Dates

19 - 23 Oct 2026
London - UK
$5,950
23 - 27 Nov 2026
Online
$4,950
22 - 26 Mar 2027
London - UK
$5,950
24 - 28 May 2027
Online
$4,950
05 - 09 Jul 2027
London - UK
$5,950
18 - 22 Oct 2027
London - UK
$5,950
22 - 26 Nov 2027
Online
$4,950

Why Choose this Training Course?

Renegotiation and dispute management in Public Private Partnerships is the discipline of handling change and disagreement in long term concession contracts without sacrificing value for money or the public interest. Because these contracts run for decades, some change is inevitable; the question is whether the authority manages it on sound terms or on the private partner's terms.

This Renegotiation, Amendments and Dispute Management in PPP Contracts training course equips professionals with the knowledge and practical frameworks required to manage contractual change while safeguarding long-term public value. Public-Private Partnership (PPP) contracts are designed to span many years, during which economic conditions, policy priorities, regulatory requirements, financing structures, technologies, and stakeholder expectations inevitably evolve. As a result, contract amendments, renegotiations, and disputes are often unavoidable. Participants will gain practical understanding of contract governance, renegotiation strategies, amendment processes, dispute avoidance mechanisms, and collaborative resolution approaches that preserve contractual integrity while protecting the public interest.

This Renegotiation, Amendments and Dispute Management in PPP Contracts training course will highlight:

  • PPP contract governance and lifecycle management frameworks
  • Effective renegotiation and contract amendment strategies
  • Commercial, legal, and financial considerations in contract modifications
  • Dispute prevention, resolution, and stakeholder relationship management
  • Protecting public value and strengthening long-term PPP performance

What are the Goals?

By the end of this Renegotiation, Amendments and Dispute Management in PPP Contracts training course, participants will learn to:

  • Distinguish legitimate contractual change from opportunistic renegotiation
  • Manage variations, change in law, relief events and compensation events
  • Apply sound principles and safeguards to any renegotiation or rebalancing
  • Use dispute avoidance and resolution mechanisms effectively
  • Understand investment treaty and arbitration exposure
  • Manage events of default, step-in, termination and handback

Who is this Training Course for?

This Renegotiation, Amendments and Dispute Management in PPP Contracts training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

  • PPP unit, superintendency and regulatory officials handling contract change
  • Contract managers and legal advisers to contracting authorities
  • Officials responsible for renegotiation, amendments and dispute handling
  • Public sector negotiators and commercial teams
  • Auditors and oversight staff reviewing contract variations
  • Ministry and agency staff overseeing concession portfolios

How will this Training Course be Presented?

Participants learn through expert facilitation, negotiation and dispute simulations, and case studies drawn from international concession experience. The training course uses real patterns of renegotiation and dispute to build practical judgement, and gives participants structured tools they can apply directly to the contracts they oversee. Group exercises place officials on the public side of the table to rehearse the situations they will face.

Organisational Impact

The organisation will have the following benefits:

  • Better protection of public value when contracts change
  • Fewer and better managed renegotiations
  • Stronger safeguards against opportunistic behaviour by private partners
  • More effective use of dispute avoidance and resolution mechanisms
  • Reduced exposure to costly arbitration and treaty claims
  • Clearer handling of default, step-in and termination

Personal Impact

At the end of this Renegotiation, Amendments and Dispute Management in PPP Contracts training course, the participants will gain the following:

  • The judgement to tell legitimate change from rent seeking
  • Confidence in managing variations and compensation events
  • Practical technique for conducting principled renegotiation
  • Familiarity with dispute boards, expert determination and arbitration
  • An understanding of step-in and termination mechanics
  • Improved negotiation skill on the public side of the table

Daily Agenda

Day 1: Why PPP Contracts Change
  • The long term and incomplete nature of concession contracts
  •  Legitimate sources of change versus opportunistic renegotiation
  • The international and Latin American renegotiation record
  • Incentives that drive early and repeated renegotiation
  • The cost of poorly managed change to the public sector
  • Building an institutional posture towards change
Day 2: Managing Variations and Change
  • Variation and change control procedures
  • Valuing changes and protecting value for money
  • Change in law, relief events and compensation events
  • Distinguishing authority change from partner led change
  • Documentation, approvals and audit trail for changes
  • Practical variation assessment exercise
Day 3: Renegotiation and Contract Rebalancing
  • Economic and financial rebalancing explained
  • Legitimate triggers for renegotiation
  • Principles and safeguards for good renegotiation
  • Transparency, benchmarking and avoiding regulatory capture
  • The supervisory authority's role and independence
  • Rehearsing a public interest renegotiation
Day 4: Dispute Avoidance and Resolution
  • Designing escalation and early dispute resolution
  • Dispute boards, expert determination and mediation
  • Arbitration and the litigation of concession disputes
  • Investment treaty and ICSID exposure
  • Managing disputes while preserving the partnership
  • Evidence, records and dispute preparedness
Day 5: Default, Step-in and Termination
  • Events of default and cure regimes
  • Lenders' step-in rights and direct agreements
  • Termination for default, convenience and force majeure
  • Calculating and contesting termination payments
  • Handback, asset condition and retendering
  • Lessons from failed and terminated concessions

Certificate

  • Upon successful completion of this training course, delegates will be awarded an official PetroKnowledge Certificate of Completion, signed by the course facilitator. The certificate confirms successful participation and records the total learning hours completed.
  • Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE): In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, one CPE credit is granted per 50 minutes of attendance.

Accreditation

NASBA Approved Training Courses

Would an alternative date be more suitable?

We offer a variety of tailored training options, customized to meet your organisation's needs. Delivered anytime, anywhere, we make it easy to bring expert training directly to your team.

Other Training Courses You Might Be Interested In

Follow Us:

Subscribe To Our Newsletter