US Ex-Im Bank board approves Indian Solar PV project
US Ex-Im Bank has announced that its Board of Directors has approved an export finance loan of US$ 9 million as part of the debt financing for a 11.6 MW solar PV project in Rajasthan, India sponsored by KSK Energy Ventures, an Indian power developer. Debt is being co-financed by IDBI Bank Ltd. Portland Advisers […]
Portland Thought Leadership in Nuclear Power financing
David Stearns, who leads Portland’s nuclear power practice, recently published a thought piece in Nuclear Intelligence Weekly, offering perspectives on nuclear power as an asset class and the outlook for attracting low-cost capital for new-build projects. A copy of the article can be found by clicking here. For further information, contact David at david.stearns@portlandadvisers.com or on […]
Flitterman Chairs Panel at TMT Finance Conference
In the conference season, Nick Flitterman, Portland’s Head of Telecom’s, chaired a panel discussion amongst bankers and financing executives at TMT Finance’s annual M&A forum in London on 14th March. With representatives from BNP Paribas, Investec, the EBRD, Digital World Capital and Houlihan Lokey, Nick guided the panel through a lively discussion of topical financing […]
Portland Panelist at Telecom Finance 2013 Conference
On 30th January, demonstrating his continued thought leadership in the sector, Nick Flitterman, Portland’s Head of Telecoms, joined a distinguished panel of bankers and finance executives at Telecom Finance’s annual conference in London to discuss a number of topical issues and trends in financing telecom infrastructure projects today. The panel debated topics such as pressure […]
GAP gets DFID “Green Light”
In November 2012, the Green Africa Power (“GAP”) initiative received approval from the Department For International Development (“DFID”) for the UK’s proposed contribution to GAP, a new company to be established under the Private Infrastructure Development Group (“PIDG”) Trust. A substantial amount of funds have been dedicated to help capitalise GAP which will support the […]
Portland advises on Welsh National Broadband project
In a team lead by Frauke Bialokoz, Portland Advisers has been advising the IT Procurement Team in the Welsh Government on the Next Generation Broadband for Wales (NGBW) project. Following a competitive process BT was awarded the Next Generation Broadband project for Wales in July 2012 , subject to European State Aid approvals. Following completion (scheduled […]
Portland’s David Stearns interviewed on BBC News at 10
With the announcement by Hitachi of their acquisition of Horizon’s land and development rights to build multiple nuclear power stations in the UK in the coming years, Portland’s senior advisor on nuclear power, David Stearns, was approached by BBC News for his views. Part of David’s interview can be found 1 min 33 secs into […]
Russian’s seek Portland views on financing football clubs
Recognising Portland’s leadership in advising on the financing of new stadia and football clubs, The Moscow News recently sought the views of Portland’s Head of Stadium Finance, Harry Philp, on the situation in Russia compared to its European counterparts. The article can be found by clicking on this link. Other articles on Portland work on Stadium […]
US Ex-Im Bank board approves Indian 100MW CSP project in India
US Ex-Im Bank has announced that its Board of Directors has approved an export finance loan of US$ 80.3 million as part of the debt financing for a 100MW concentrating solar power (CSP) project in Rajasthan, India sponsored by Reliance Power Limited. Debt is being co-financed by the Asian Development Bank and FMO, the Dutch […]
Reliance Power closes 40MW solar PV project in India
Financial close and first disbursement has been reached on Reliance Power’s 40 MW Dahanu solar power project in Rajasthan, India. US Ex-Im Bank, advised by Portland Advisers, has provided a US$ 65.3 million direct loan to Dahanu Solar Power Private Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Power Limited, with the Asian Development Bank as co-lender […]