WFW advises HCOB on €992m NIBC shipping portfolio acquisition
The portfolio was acquired through a multi-stage competitive bidding process.
Finance has been at the heart of our business since the very beginning. Today, as the global finance sector adapts and responds to a series of challenges – economic, political and regulatory – our team continues to find fresh approaches to our clients’ financing requirements.
Our strength lies in a mix of deep technical expertise and an intimate knowledge of our key industry sectors of Energy, Infrastructure and Transport that allows us to add real commercial value. We advise on all finance matters, including asset finance, project finance, capital markets, real estate finance, acquisition finance, ECA finance, Islamic finance and restructuring and insolvency.
We take the time to invest in relationships and currently act for more than 150 banks and financial institutions worldwide, as well as private equity investors and major corporates in their diverse roles as advisers, arrangers, lenders, borrowers, lessors, lessees, issuers, underwriters, custodians and trustees.
The portfolio was acquired through a multi-stage competitive bidding process.
We advised Smart Energies on a €87m fundraising to accelerate the deployment of rooftop, car park and small ground-mounted solar projects in Europe.
There is a construction and property focus to this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly, with decisions on allocation from the Building Safety Fund, environmental impact assessments in planning permission and repudiation of a plumbing sub-contract. We also discuss interpretation of an investment participation agreement.