The Philippines Department of Education (¡°DepEd¡± or ¡°Client¡±) currently has a classroom backlog of close to 165;000 classrooms. The shortfall is significant and growing due to constrained government funding; lengthy procurement processes and an increasing student population. DepEd is working towards leveraging PPPs under a scalable model in order to bring in private sector efficiency and expertise for classroom construction while and also having the benefit of better fiscal sustainability. Previously Dep-Ed undertook PPP -based classroom construction initiatives by way of the PPP for School Infrastructure Project (PSIP) phases I and II (awarded in 2012 and 2013 respectively). PSIP III; involving construction of at least 15;000 classrooms is currently underway and is targeted for completion in 2027..DepEd is now planning to launch PSIP IV which aims to construct up to 40;000 classrooms (in the Visayas region and in Luzon) under a PPP model. DepEd is expected to appoint IFC to provide transaction advisory services for an initial pilot for PSIP IV to deliver a part of the expected classrooms across a certain number of sites (the exact numbers of classrooms and locations is still being finalized) (the ¡°Project¡±) Legal Consultant: IFC is looking to appoint a consortium comprising an international and local (Philippines) law firm (Legal Consultant) to provide legal support during the delivery of IFC¡¯s transaction advisory services for the Project. The support will pertain to all legal aspects of the Project; including legal due diligence; inputs to the transaction structuring; preparation of project terms and conditions; drafting of the project legal agreement(s) and tender/ bid documents; and legal inputs to the tender/procurement strategy and process. The IFC led transaction advisory team will also separately appoint a technical consultant and an environmental & social (E&S) consultant.