Published: March 10, 2014
EMEA Finance is happy to reveal the winning deals and dealmakers of 2013 in our annual Achievement Awards. Nominated by parties including banks and borrowers, and chosen by the EMEA Finance team, these houses and transactions exemplify the kind of innovative efforts taking place in the region's capital markets.
Today we name the winners in the syndicated loans and structured finance categories. Visit us throughout the week to discover the winners in other categories:
Wednesday March 12: Restructuring • Islamic finance
Thursday March 13: Debt • Equities
Friday March 14: Investment bank, deal and dealmaker of the year
If you missed our M&A and private equity winners, sign up for a trial account with EMEA Finance to see those categories.
Full editorial coverage of the awards, including exclusive interviews with many of the winners, will appear in the forthcoming edition of EMEA Finance. To receive the next copy of the magazine free of charge, click here.
We congratulate all of our winners on their achievements and the new ground broken by so much of their work. Join us at the The Law Society's Common Room, London on June 5 for the awards ceremony - the booking form can be found here.
LOANS
Best syndicated loan house in EMEA: Standard Chartered Bank
Best syndicated loan house in CEE: Citi
Best syndicated loan house in the Middle East: HSBC
Best syndicated loan house in Africa: Standard Bank
Best syndicated loan in EMEA: Dangote Industries’ US$3.25bn loan
Best syndicated loan in CEE: Ojer Telekomunikasyon's US$4.4bn loan
Best syndicated loan in the Middle East: Tasnee's SAR4bn loan
Best syndicated loan in Africa: Aspen's US$2.7bn loan
Best financial institution syndicated loan: ING Bank Turkey's US$500mn loan
Best supranational syndicated loan: Africa Finance Corporation's US$250mn loan
STRUCTURED FINANCE
Best structured finance house: ING
Best structured finance deal in EMEA: Rosneft's US$3.82bn pre-export financing
Best structured finance deal in CEE: US$1.8bn NET4GAS acquisition loan
Best structured finance deal in the Middle East: Emirates Airlines’ US$630mn DNA Alpha 2013-1 EETC
Best structured finance deal in Africa: Orion Oil 's US$500mn pre-export financing facility
Best securitisation house: VTB Capital
Best securitisation deal in EMEA: Commerzbank's CoTrax Finance II-1 trade securitisation
Best securitisation deal in CEE: Turkey's US$400mn catastrophe bond programme