Securitisation - Watson, Farley & Williams

Our experience
• Advising Société Générale on a US$13m facility for Banco Nacionale de Cuba
secured on tax receivables
• Advising National Bulk Carriers, Inc. as co-owner in connection with the US$730m
refinancing of a commercial office building in New York City and the subsequent
securitisation of loans
• Advising Trafigura Beheer B.V. as special English law counsel on the US$300m
securitisation of oil sale receiveables, sponsored by Societe Generale
• Advising a German wind farm operator on the securitisation of its wind farm
revenues
• Advising National Bulk Carriers, Inc. as co-owner in connection with the US$215m
refinancing of a second commercial office building in New York City and the
subsequent securitisation of loans
• Advising the corporate trustee in a US$100m securitisation of a Brazilian paper
and pulp manufacturer’s customer receivables and US$300m securitisation of a
Brazilian steel manufacturer’s customer receivables
• Advice in the early stages of a transaction, as to appropriate legal and financing
structures, and advice regarding more specialised financing techniques, such as
securitisations of trade receivables
• Advising a French bank on pre-export financing, including securitisation structure,
for cocoa exporters in the Ivory Coast
• Advising a group of German project developers in relation to the sale of wind
power plants
• Advising a Mexican corporation in connection with a US$60m securitisation of
trade receivables
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