White & Case LLP
Client SatisfactionInsurance companies, pension funds, asset managers and banks regularly call upon White & Case LLP‘s financing expertise pertaining to project bonds, promissory note loans and combined financing, including development loans and financing covered by the Export Credit Agency (ECA). The team assists with various projects, such as gas and steam cogeneration plants, pipelines, LNG plants and offshore wind farms as well as motorways, airports, ports and projects in connection with the fibre optic network expansion. Practice head Florian Degenhardt regularly takes the lead here; his team cooperates across locations and practices, as was recently demonstarted in advising the European Investment Bank and a banking syndicate on financing of over € 1 billion to build a renewable energy pipeline in Spain and Portugal.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
'Strong business orientation and ability to look for pragmatic solutions.'
'Florian Degenhardt is flexible, very solution-oriented and a good conversation partner.'
'Very qualified and proactive team. They have provided first-class services and combined excellent market and regulatory knowledge.'
'Florian Degenhardt did an excellent job advising us on complex financing with difficult regulatory aspects. The friendliness and good atmosphere in the team were particularly appreciated.'
Key clients
- BNP Paribas
- Commerzbank
- Deutsche Bank
- Luxembourg S.A.
- EIFO(ehemals EKF Denmark)
- EnerjiSA Üretim
- Euler Hermes
- European Investment Bank (EIB)
- ING Bank
- KfW IPEX Bank
- Landesbank Baden Württemberg (LBBW)
- MEAG MUNICH ERGO Asset Management GmbH
- NatWest
- Norddeutsche Landesbank (NordLB)
- Santander Bank
- UniCredit Bank
Work highlights
- Advising the European Investment Bank (EIB) and a consortium of banks led by NatWest on €1 billion financing to support the development and construction of Aquila Clean Energy's renewable energy projects pipeline in Spain and Portugal over the next three years.
- Advising BNP Paribas, ING Bank and other lenders on the financing of the construction and operation of a fiber optic network and the expansion of the fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) infrastructure by Glasfaser Nordwest, a joint venture founded at the beginning of 2020 by Telekom Deutschland GmbH and EWE AG.
- Advising LBBW, Commerzbank and KfW IPEX on EIFO-covered financing for EnBW for the 960 MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Florian Degenhardt