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14 May 2012

Offshore Wind Investment Survey – Summit Planned

“Experience of the team” was recently named as the principal trait to accumulate capital for current offshore wind projects as found in Wind Energy Update’s survey on offshore wind investment and finance. Further to this, survey participants also saw that: ”the use of proven technologies’’ and the “site characteristics’’ also played a major role in the acquisition of finance. As explained by Marios Papalexandrou of Mott MacDonald, ‘experienced teams have greater risk awareness which allows them to predict hazards and respond to them in a quick and efficient manner’. The two fellow speakers (Matthew Tilbrook of Mizuho Corporate…

15 Dec 2011

Milbank Leads in $692 Million Drillship Deal

Milbank Represents Group of International Lenders in $692 Million Financing for New Deep Sea Drilling Ship Purchased by Brazil’s Schahin Group. Black Diamond 1 to be built by Samsung and leased to Petrobras for 10-year exploration of Brazil’s offshore oil and gas reserves; lender group from Asia, Europe, US. In one of the most significant cross-border financings involving Brazil’s offshore energy sector this  year, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP has represented a consortium of major international lenders providing a US$692 million debt facility for the purchase of the Black Diamond I deepwater drillship by Schahin Group. The Brazilian…

09 Feb 2007

ACP Awards Financial Advisor Contract for Expansion

Panama Canal expansion to Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. Services within the contract include: reviewing the financial aspects of the ACP's Master Plan and expansion proposal, providing strategic counsel on financing structures and strategies and creating and implementing an integrated financial model, among other items. A total of 15 firms participated in the international bid for this contract, including firms from the United States, Japan, France, England and Spain. After thorough technical and economical evaluation of the proposals, the contract was awarded to Mizuho Corporate Bank based on the firm's reputable experience and capabilities. Moreover, the firm was the best fit for requirements and interests of the expansion project.