Rebel is one of the leading international infrastructure advisors, developers, and investors, headquartered in the Netherlands. In its Washington, D.C. office, Rebel advises public and private sector clients around the world, helping them bridge the gap between their infrastructure needs and available resources by focusing on innovative funding and financing, public-private partnerships, risk analysis, and alternative delivery strategies. Rebel is an employee-owned company that prizes initiative, innovation, and insight in serving our client’s multi-faceted challenges in a cooperative and collegial environment.
Our notable recent work includes:
- Advancing innovative procurement and financing for social infrastructure, including Washoe County (NV), Miami-Dade County (FL), Clackamas County (OR), and Howard County (MD) Courthouses.
- Advising the California Department of Technology on an innovative procurement for an Operations Third Party Administrator to operate, maintain and commercialize the statewide Middle Mile Broadband Network.
- Accelerating the transition to zero-emission transit buses with the California Department of Transportation through new partnership and coordination models.
- Assisting the Atlanta Airport Community Improvement Districts (AACIDs) in procuring a developer for an Automated Transit Network demonstration project.
- Supporting the Maryland Department of Transportation in joint development transactions to transform rail stations into walkable, transit-oriented communities.
- Partnering with the City of Baltimore to convert an old industrial building into a new public safety complex and to reenergize downtown.
- Supporting Montgomery County (MD) to develop funding and financing sources for new Bus Rapid Transit projects that will reduce traffic, carbon emissions, and improve transportation equity.
- Developing a regional guidebook on inclusive PPPs to support public officials in Latin America and the Caribbean in integrating social inclusion across the PPP project lifecycle.
- Designing a financial strategy for sustainable transit-oriented development pilot projects in Belo Horizonte and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, incorporating land value capture instruments.
- Developing a methodology for conducting climate impact assessments for projects within Jamaica’s public investment management system.
Rebel America’s clients include governments, international financial institutions, and private firms in most major infrastructure sectors including:
- Transportation: bus and rail transit, passenger rail, highways and toll roads, parking, bike/pedestrian trails, and microtransit;
- Social Infrastructure: government offices, schools, university buildings, hospitals, courthouses, stadiums, and other public buildings;
- Technology: broadband, connected vehicles, transit ticketing, bus electrification;
- Climate Resilience: infrastructure measures to address climate change;
- Energy: renewable energy technologies including solar, wind, and hydropower;
- Aviation and Ports: domestic and international owners and operators of commercial and general aviation airports and port facilities;
- Utilities: public and private organizations responsible for providing water, wastewater, and waste and storm water management.
Rebel’s advisory service offerings include financial analysis and modeling, transaction advisory, procurement strategy advisory, performance management and audits, PPP policy development, and capacity building.
