Cases & Deals

Syndicate of banks provide €470 million to Nobelwind for refinancing of North Sea offshore wind farm

Client(s) Belfius Bank SA/NV, BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV, Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A., De Volksbank N.V. trading as ASN Bank, KBC Bank NV, Nippon Life Insurance Company, Shinsei Bank, Société Générale, and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Brussels Branch

Jones Day advised the consortium of senior creditors consisting of Belfius Bank SA/NV, BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV, Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A., De Volksbank N.V. trading as ASN Bank, KBC Bank NV, Nippon Life Insurance Company, Shinsei Bank, Société Générale, and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Brussels Branch in connection with a €470 million (US$543 million) term loan and revolving facility provided to Nobelwind NV for the refinancing of a 165 megawatt operational offshore wind farm located 47 km off the Belgian coast.

Nobelwind NV is a project company owned by Parkwind NV, Summit Renewable Energy Belwind 1 Limited and Zeewind I B.V. The Nobelwind project consists of 50 turbines and became fully operational in 2017.