The team at Watson Farley & Williams LLP advises banks, financial institutions and investors on acquisition, corporate and export credit agencies-related finance matters. Lizzie Roe jointly leads the department and specialises in project, asset and structured finance, with a focus on the maritime industry while Clarinda Tjia-Dharmadi also advises on project finance.
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Key clients
- UK Export Finance
- China Aircraft Leasing Corporation
- BNPP
- Maldivian
- China Aircraft Leasing Corporation
- Natixis
- Standard Chartered Bank
- Avolon
- Bank Of China Aviation
- Avation
- CACIB
- BNP
Work highlights
Advised ING Bank N.V., Singapore Branch in its role as arranger, facility agent, security agent and lender on a US$50 million term loan facility for Tank Container Investment Fund Pte. Ltd. (“TCIF”) as borrower. The facility comprises a US37.5 million term loan facility with an accordion option to increase the facility by an additional US$12.5m.
Acted as equity provider for the client on an equity only JOLCO with Stena North Sea Limited (a subsidiary of Stena AB (publ)) as charterer/seller in relation to the purchase of two (2) RoRo Passenger Ferry vessels for US$100,000,000.
Advised the client and the ECA lenders in the context of their financing of these aircraft for CALC.
Practice head
Lizzie Roe; Christoforos Bisbikos; Jim Bell; George Macheras