Structured finance, a worldwide leader

At the crossroads of lending and capital markets, Structured Finance designs financings for clients on a worldwide level. Structured Finance manages the full spectrum from origination, structuring and underwriting to distribution on the loan syndications markets.

We provide a wide array of products from short term trade loans to medium and long term facilities, from corporate lending to sophisticated financial solutions, on a global basis.

• Energy & Commodity Finance offers financing services covering all commodities and answering all needs from exploration to production, logistics and transformation.
  


• Asset Finance offers a wide range of fixed asset-based financing solutions (Real Estate, Transportation and Export Finance) and develops innovative leasing structures.


• Leveraged and Project Finance provides long-term cash flow-based financings of greenfield projects, refinancings and restructurings, leveraged buy-outs as well as dedicated financing solutions for media and telecommunication companies.


• Corporate Acquisition Finance arranges and underwrites long term facilities intended to finance strategic acquisitions by large corporate clients of BNP Paribas.
  
  
• Loan Syndications and Trading

• A global organization supporting all lending activities and financing businesses;


• Prices and distributes, to banks and institutional investors, syndicated senior debt and mezzanine financings;


• Insurance group provides political and credit risk coverage to financing businesses by resorting to the private insurance market.

Structured Finance has a global presence in over 30 countries with over 1,600 staff worldwide.

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In the G.C.C

All three business lines working very closely with the relationship coverage teams in order to fully service the financing requirements of our Gulf based client base.

Loan Syndications and Trading is responsible for the arranging and underwriting of syndicated loan transactions. Through the establishment of excellent placement capabilities, BNP Paribas is the leading arranger of syndicated loans within the Gulf region where transactions have been arranged/underwritten for both large and mid-sized companies, financial institutions as well as for project related financings.

Mandates awarded in 2007 include:-

· Qatar Telecom – US$ 2,500,000,000 Term Loan Facility
· Saad Investments – US$ 2,815,000,000 Term Loan Facility
· Allana International – US$ 400,000,000 Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facilities
· Damas – US$ 255,000,000 Term Loan Facility
· Mashreqbank – US$ 500,000,000 Term Loan Facility
· ADNOC – US$ 600,000,000 Term Loan Facility
· Saad Trading – US$ 2,500,000,000 Term Loan Facility
· Arab Banking Corporation – US$ 1,000,000,000 Term Loan Facility
· Gulf International Bank – US$ 1,200,000,000 Term Loan Facility
· APICORP – US$ 400,000,000 Term Loan Facility
· Boubyan Petrochemical Company – US$ 100,000,000 Term Loan Facility
· Tabreed – US$ 100,000,000 Revolving Credit Facility
· International Finance Company – US$ 100,000,000 Term Loan Facility
· Commercial Bank of Qatar – US$ 650,000,000 Term Loan Facility
· Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank – US$ 1,500,000,000 Term Loan Facility

In every case, BNP Paribas acted as Mandated Lead Arranger and Bookrunner.

Media & Telecom Finance has a specific focus on the telecommunications market within the Gulf region. Working with relationship coverage, the team focuses on financing needs of the telecom companies with a view to extending financing to support acquisitions or for just working capital purposes.

In addition to the transactions outlined above, Media & Telecom Finance were also closely involved in the highly prestigious mandates for MTC and Wataniya for US$ 4,000,000,000 and US$ 1,000,000,000 respectively.

Acquisition Finance focuses specifically on the acquisition related activities within the region. The team work closely with relationship coverage in terms of assisting the strategic growth plans of certain clients through the extension of financing to support acquisitions.