Hogan Lovells advised the Republic of Ecuador in the negotiation of a US$313 million facility agreement that was executed by the Export-Import Bank of China (Chexim) and the Ministry of Finance of Ecuador. Under the agreement, Chexim granted a loan to be used for the construction of the 270 MW Minas-San Francisco hydroelectric generation project in Ecuador by contractor Harbin Electric International with an approximate cost of US$470 million.

Ashurst acted as international counsel to Serinus Energy Inc, an international upstream oil and gas exploration and production company, on the signature of two loan agreements in the aggregate amount of US$60 million with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The financing will assist Serinus Energy in funding the capital programme being planned for its recently acquired oil and gas fields in Tunisia.

Linklaters has advised on the capital markets refinancing of the R1 Expressway public-private partnership (PPP) project, a motorway between Nitra and Banská Bystrica in Slovakia.

Helmy, Hamza & Partners (a member of Baker & McKenzie International) has advised Majid Al Futtaim Properties Egypt in connection with the EGP3 billion (circa US$435 million) project financing of the construction of the Mall of Egypt.

The Tokyo, London, Amsterdam and Singapore offices of global legal practice Norton Rose Fulbright have advised Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and a group of commercial lenders led by Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) on a US$847 million loan facility which will be used to finance a floating production, storage, and offloading unit (FPSO).

Shearman & Sterling advised Export Development Canada (EDC) in connection with its $140 million financing, of an approximately $300 million co-financing with the Export-Import Bank of the United States (U.S. Ex-Im Bank) and Israel Aerospace industries Limited as a vendor finance provider, for the Space-Communication Ltd. AMOS-6 satellite program.

The Leeds office of international law firm Addleshaw Goddard has advised John Laing on a deal that will see a major onshore wind farm delivered.

John Laing, the specialist investor and manager of infrastructure assets, is acting as sole equity provider on the nine turbine facility, which will generate enough energy to power more than 11,000 homes.

The Addleshaw Goddard team, led by legal director Paul Dight, included experts across the business in departments including energy, property, construction, corporate and project finance, planning and tax.

One of a series of new and alternative finance structures Norton Rose Fulbright has advised on in relation to the development of mining projects

Global legal practice Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Asanko Gold, the Vancouver-based mining company, on the US$320 million development financing of the Esaase Gold Project, located on the Asankrangwa gold belt in Ghana, West Africa.

Waterways of France (VNF) was concluded on 24 October 2013, with the creation of a joint venture company BAMEO by VINCI Concessions, Shema , and SOC 43. It is a partnership contract for the reconstruction of dams Aisne and Meuse

Global legal practice Norton Rose Fulbright advised Banque Misr and National Bank of Egypt as the Mandated Lend Arrangers on the EGP 3 billion (approximately US$441 million) syndicated financing for the Mall of Egypt project developed by Majid Al Futtaim (MAF).

The Mall of Egypt is a landmark development project in Cairo. Opening in 2015, it will be the dominant regional mall servicing Cairo’s metropolis. This development is one of the most ambitious projects in the region to date.