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Feb, 2017

By Nick Flitterman

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 the award was presented.

From left to right: Oliver Irwin (Milbank), Iain Hackston, Margaret Eyres (UKEF), Joe Shephard (UKEF), Keith O’Donnell, Frauke Bialokoz, Tim Loy (UKEF), David Craig (UKEF), Geoff Knox and Richard Simon-Lewis (UKEF).

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Jan, 2017

By Nick Flitterman

Portland Ranked Top Financial Advisor in 2016

Portland Top of the Charts

The league tables are out, and Portland Advisers has been confirmed by Infrastructure Journal as no.1 Financial Advisor by value in 2016 following a very successful year. This follows the closure of transactions such as OCTP, and confirms Portland’s well established position as a leading Financial Advisor in the key infrastructure sectors globally.

Further information can be found by clicking here.

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Dec, 2016

By Nick Flitterman

Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) Closes

Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) Closes

Loan signing on the $1.35 billion limited-recourse debt financing for Vitol’s working interest in the Offshore Cape Three Points/Sankofa oil and gas project in Ghana, West Africa took place today.

The financing has a hybrid structure combining Reserve Based Lending (RBL) and Project Finance features. Debt facilities were provided by UK Export Finance (UKEF), IFC and a syndicate of commercial banks.

Portland advised UKEF throughout the negotiation and documentation of this transaction.

To discuss this further, contact Geoff Knox on +44 20 7183 8387 or geoff.knox@portlandadvisers.com or Frauke Bialokoz on +44 20 7183 8386 or frauke.bialokoz@portlandadvisers.com

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