Portland Wins PFI Award
Portland Wins PFI Award The $1.4 billion financing for the Offshore Cape Three Points project, where Portland acted as Financial Advisor to UK Export Finance, has been awarded “2016 African Oil & Gas Deal of the Year” by Project Finance International. The picture shows the UKEF and Portland team at the Awards Dinner at which […]
US Ex-Im Bank board approves Indian Solar PV project
US Ex-Im Bank has announced that its Board of Directors has approved an export finance loan of US$ 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 […]
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 […]
O3b Closes New $137m financing
On 31st October 2011, O3b Networks, advised by Portland Advisers and HSBC, achieved Financial Close on a $137m incremental financing round for the construction of four additional satellites that will boost both capacity and redundancy its MEO satellite constellation. Nick Flitterman, Portland’s Head of Telecoms and lead advisor to O3b said: “This is another great achievement for O3b and a […]
Tottenham Hotspur F.C. win their challenge on the Olympic Stadium
Tottenham Hotspur F.C. (“Tottenham”) successfully won their Judicial Review challenging the financial support being provided by the London Borough of Newham (“LBoN”) to West Ham United F.C. (“West Ham”) in their attempt to secure tenancy of the new Olympic Stadium post the games in 2012. Tottenham successfully argued that the financial support being provided by […]
Portland wins Green Africa Power advisory mandate with PIDG Trust
Portland Advisers, as part of the Trinity Consortium also including Trinity International LLP, a law firm with a specialised focus on Africa, and Evolution Markets, a carbon broker and transaction structuring firm, has won the advisory mandate to progress the development of PIDG’s Green Africa Power (“GAP”) initiative. Each of the three members of the […]