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WFW deal wins Ship Finance Deal of the Year at Seatrade Maritime Awards 2022
This is the latest in a string of high-profile recognition for these ground-breaking financings.
The ZouZou – MII to the rescue?
The ZouZou – If the owner’s marine insurers decline cover for a total loss, will the lender’s mortgagee’s interest insurance policy come to the rescue?
Financing LNG Carriers and Multi-Party Issues In LNG Export Projects
Partners Joe McGladdery and Simon Kavanagh, in the latest issue of Marine Money, look at some of the more significant issues faced generally by Owners when constructing and financing LNGCs against long-term charters.
WFW advises Banco Santander on US$77.1m K-SURE loan facility for Evergreen
The financing, which has a tenor of ten years, represents the first K-SURE-supported financing for Evergreen group.
WFW advises Macquarie Bank on first of its kind shipping loan/lease securitisation for Fleetscape
Securitisation principles and certain structuring efficiencies were utilised to enable Fleetscape to offer sale-and-leaseback or unitranche financing on highly competitive terms.
WFW advises Banco BPM on €28m facility to Grimaldi Euromed
The new unit “Grande Texas” was delivered on 26 January 2021 and is the sixth of seven car carriers ordered by Grimaldi Euromed from the Yangfan shipyard in Zhoushan, China.
WFW Italy wins Milano Finanza Transport Law Firm and Lawyer of the Year double
The firm was awarded ‘Law Firm of the Year 2021’ in the Transport sector while Partner Furio Samela was also named ‘Lawyer of the Year 2021 – Transport’.
WFW advises CaixaBank on €35m Grimaldi Euromed financing
The Eco Barcelona is the second unit of the Grimaldi Green 5th Generation (GG5G) class and can transport over 7,800m of rolling goods, equivalent to circa 500 trailers.
Sanctions again – and also penalties
This article examines the case of Banco San Juan Internacional, Inc v Petroleos De Venezuela SA. where the effect of sanctions on obligations under a loan agreement and the doctrine of unenforceable penalty were discussed.