International law firm Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW“) has advised German bank, HSH Nordbank AG in connection with the financing of the 12.5 MW capacity Mont d’Erny windfarm by means of a €29.6 million loan. The project was developed by Nordex and sponsored through an investment fund managed by Rive Private Investment (group 123Venture & Elyseum Investment).

Located in the Hauts-de-France region of the country (formerly Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie), construction has begun at Mont d’Erny and the windfarm is scheduled to go live in the second quarter of 2017.

WFW advised HSH Nordbank AG on the drafting of all financing documents and assisted the bank during the legal due diligence process.

The WFW Paris team was led by Laurence Martinez-Bellet (Partner, Finance) in collaboration with Laurent Battoue (Partner, Public and Regulatory law), assisted by associates Sébastien Hoff (Finance), Nicolas Demeocq (Public and Regulatory law), Livia Rabuel (Project Contracts) and Inès Garcia de las Bayonas (Corporate). The German law aspects of the transaction were led by WFW Hamburg partner Thomas Hollenhorst (Finance), assisted by associates Alexander Wojtek and Paul-Vincent Hahn (Finance).