Watson Farley & Williams LLP (“WFW”) has advised Commonwealth Bank of Australia (“CBA”), one of the ‘big four’ Australian banks on the provision of a term loan facility for the purpose of financing of the acquisition of the dry bulk carrier vessel m.v. KOMI.
AKB Souyz (OAO) has announced a successful completion of the securitization of a part of the Bank’s mortgage portfolio. The transaction has been supported by Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners Banking & Finance, Capital Markets practice team.
The transaction provided for offering by an SPV (mortgage agent) of two tranches of bonds with different priorities and secured by a pledge over a single mortgage pool.
Ashurst acted for investment firm Ares Management on the unitranche financing of the acquisition of Polo Motorrad und Sportswear GmbH by financial investor Equistone. The German retailer of motorcycle clothing and accessories was sold by German financial investors Paragon Partners and Tempus Capital. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price and financing volume. Paragon and Tempus acquired the company in 2012 out of insolvency.
Vontobel enters the Swedish market for structured products by issuing and listing some 350 different types of certificates and warrants to Swedish investors.
Vontobel is a globally oriented Swiss private banking group headquartered in Zurich. Vontobel specializes in wealth and asset management for private clients and institutional investors, as well as investment banking.
Allen & Overy has advised Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation on the refinancing of the 150 MW Houay Ho cross-border hydropower project located in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
Borenius advised the original finance parties in financing the acquisition by InfraVia European Fund II (an infrastructure fund managed by InfraVia) of the Kilpilahti electricity distribution network from Neste Oil Corporation.
InfraVia is an investment company specialised in the infrastructure sector. It manages two infrastructure funds which are both positioned as long term investors across the infrastructure and energy sectors in Europe.
Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised the Paris branch of Deutsche Bank AG and Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (“CACIB”) in relation to a Coface-supported loan facility for Axion Energy Argentina SA (“Axion”) in order to finance an extraction and sulfur processing unit project.
Borenius advised Pohjola Bank plc and the other mandated lead arrangers Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ) and Swedbank AB (publ) in project financing of Turun Seudun Energiantuotanto Oy (TSE).
TSE is one of the largest regional energy producers in Finland. The discussed financing is made available to the construction and development of a new 450MW multi fuel CHP plant (Na4) (generating heat, process steam and electricity), which is one of the largest industrial investments in Finland published in 2014.
Clifford Chance has advised International Finance Corporation with respect to a US$400 million A/B/Parallel "green" loan facility extended to Itaú Unibanco. The facility is split between a five-year $100 million A tranche, provided by IFC, and a three-year $300 million B tranche, funded equally by Bank of America, Commerzbank and Mizuho.
DLA Piper has advised HSBC Bank plc, Lloyds Bank plc, Silicon Valley Banks and Alberta Investment Management Corp on the provision of a senior financing package in connection with TA Associates acquisition of a majority interest in Access Technology Group from Lyceum Capital.