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M6 Toll debt restructuring, UK
At the end of 2013 Australian-listed company Macquarie Atlas Roads (MQA) closed the restructuring of roughly £1 billion (US$1.6bn) of debt for the M6 Toll road, also known as the M6 Birmingham Expressway
Eten cold reserve power plant, Peru
Power Latin AmericaEten cold reserve power plant transaction is the first greenfield project bond in Latin America on which investors took on full construction and operation risk, and the first international project bond with a partial credit guarantee in the region
FRV: Financing in Australia's colder renewables climate
Renewables Asia PacificFRV: Financing in Australia's colder renewables climate
Greater Gabbard OFTO acquisition, UK
Renewables EuropeA Balfour Beatty, AMP Capital and Equitix consortium reached financial close on the £317 million (US$517m) acquisition of the Greater Gabbard offshore transmission project at the end of November 2013
R1 Expressway refinancing, Slovakia
Transport EuropeOn 29 November 2013 the Granvia Consortium, project sponsor of the R1 Expressway in Slovakia, reached financial close on a €1.24 billion bond issue to refinance outstanding debt on the PPP project
DEAL ANALYSIS: Goethals Bridge PPP
Transport North AmericaDEAL ANALYSIS: Goethals Bridge PPP
Shuweihat 2 IWPP Refinancing, Abu Dhabi
Power MENAThe re-financing of the Shuweihat 2 (“S2”) independent water and power project (“IWPP”) in the capital markets was a ground-breaking transaction for the UAE and GCC markets and demonstrates the substantial investor appetite for well structured transactions with strong underlying fundamentals.
Zaanstad Prison PPP, The Netherlands
Social & Defence EuropeThe Dutch government reached successful financial close on the Zaanstad Prison PPP in October using ING and NIBC's Pebble-Commute financing structure, once again confirming that the country is at the forefront of employing new innovative financing solutions for its projects
Roundtable: SaskBuilds and PPP in Saskatchewan
North AmericaRoundtable: SaskBuilds and PPP in Saskatchewan