Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) is delighted to announce that The Asset has named three deals the firm advised on as “Transport Deal of the Year” awards at The Asset Triple A Sustainable Infrastructure Awards 2022.
The award-winning deals that WFW advised on are:
- Global Transport Deal of the Year and Hong Kong Transport Deal of the Year – Seaspan ECA-backed JOLCOs;
- Singapore Transport Deal of the Year – BW LPG sustainability-linked loan; and
- New Zealand Transport Deal of the Year – KiwiRail Holdings green loan financing.
Based in Hong Kong, The Asset is a well-known business news and research organisation, delivering authoritative, unbiased and independent coverage on Asia’s financial sector. In support of the importance of infrastructure in Asia, The Asset Triple A Sustainable Infrastructure Awards honour the institutions and the deals in Asia that made a difference during the review period covering January to December each year.
WFW Managing Partner Lindsey Keeble commented: “Sustainability and ESG are key to both WFW’s business strategy and values, so we’re delighted that we were able to advise and support our clients on all these award-winning deals. Congratulations to everyone involved”.
Asia Assets & Structured Finance Group Head Madeline Leong added: “Being instructed on so many awards-winning deals demonstrates the breadth and depth of our firm’s expertise in advising on complex and innovative transactions in the transport sector. We would like to thank our clients for their support and co-operation on these ground-breaking, sustainability-linked deals and look forward to contributing further to the growth of ESG”.
