Major deals

United States

Dark green financing provided to AES to support the construction and operation of clean energy projects in the United States (USD2.7 billion).

Left lead on bridge loan financing for XPO’s USD870 million acquisition of select logistics assets from Yellow Corp and also Joint Bookrunner and Joint Lead Arranger on take-out financings in the high-yield and institutional loan markets totaling USD985 million.

Underwriter, MLA, Bookrunner and Facility Agent for the acquisition by Artémis of the leading talent and sports agency, Creative Artists Agency. Artémis also appointed Crédit Agricole CIB to serve as financial advisor for this cross-border transaction.

Canada

Assisted ORLEN S.A. and Northland Power Inc. in successfully concluding non-recourse credit facility agreements to finance Baltic Power, one of the world’s largest offshore wind projects.

Joint Bookrunner on Toronto Dominion Bank’s EUR5 billion dual-tranche covered bond issue.

Chile

Senior MLA, DCH Provider, Hedge Provider and Administrative Agent in the acquisition of a 416 MW solar PV portfolio from Enel by Sonnedix, and the refinancing of the 170 MW solar PV plant already owned by Sonnedix.

Documentation Bank, MLA, Administrative Agent and Swap Provider in the Project Finance for the construction of Aguas Horizonte, a 840 l/s desalination and water conveyance system owned by Marubeni (60%) and Transelec (40%), that will supply fresh water to copper mines owned by Codelco.

Italy

Exclusive M&A advisor to Eni Plenitude in the acquisition of a c.100MW brownfield solar PV portfolio from Helios in Spain.

Spain

Sole Bookrunner in EUR540 million financing for the consortium of Bidasoa Aggregator and MásMóvil Group.

The Nordics

Structuring and Hedging Bank, MLA, Agent & Security Trustee and Sole Bookrunner in the USD685 million senior secured credit facility split in two tranches granted to Høegh LNG.

United Kingdom

Sole buy-side advisor to GLIL in the acquisition of a 25% stake in M6 Toll from IFM Investors.

Germany

Issuance, by Bayer AG, of two tranches combined with a tender offer for two of the existing hybrid bonds (EUR1.75 billion).

France

Syndicated issue, by Agence France Trésor, of an inflation-indexed bond in France (EUR3 billion).

Acquisition of United Malt Group by Malteries Soufflet, financed by InVivo (AUD1.5 billion).

ESG coordinator of SOMFY (EUR350 million).

Australia

AirTrunk: largest sustainability-linked loan for a data centre operator globally (AUD4.6 billion sustainability-linked loan).

MENA

M&A Advisor to Hassana Investment Company on USD2.3 billion investment in 3 of DP World’s flagship assets in the United Arab Emirates.

Crédit Agricole CIB acts as Joint Bookrunner on first Sukuk with Ministry of Finance Egyp (USD1.5 billion).

Joint Bookrunner on a USD600 million 4.774% 5 year Senior Green Bond for First Abu Dhabi Bank, the largest bank by assets in the UAE, The deal was over-subscribed by 2.3x.

Mainland China

Crédit Agricole notes issued to Chinese investors: Series of Panda bond issuances totalling RMB2 billion.

Hong Kong SAR

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China: world’s first government-issued tokenised green bond (HKD800 million).

Singapore

Financing for the Helix project : Singapore’s first hydrogen-ready combined cycle gas turbine power plant (600 MW) (SGD600 million).

India

ReNew’s 400MW RTC hybrid project: largest single cross-border project financing facility in India to power its first round-the-clock renewable energy programme (USD1 billion).

Taiwan

Hailong project: financing for Hai Long Offshore Windfarm Project in Taiwan, the largest offshore wind farm project ever closed in Taiwan and APAC (USD3.6 billion).

Japan

SoftBank Group/Arm: largest IPO of the year and one of the largest ever IPO in the tech industry (USD5.2 billion).