WFW advises Capital Tankers on private placement and Oslo Euronext Growth listing23 March 2026
The transaction represents the largest Western shipping listing of the last two decades.
The transaction represents the largest Western shipping listing of the last two decades.
WFW advised Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. on its successful offering of approximately 3.6 million new shares of common stock, raising around US$130m.
Proceeds from the offering will be used as partial consideration for the acquisition of two newbuild Suezmax vessels.
Marla Investments is a company affiliated with Greece’s Latsis family, who have had a leading presence in shipping for over 80 years.
We advised Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp., as U.S. securities and Marshall Islands legal counsel, on its listing of common shares on the New York Stock Exchange.
Through this acquisition, Pangaea will expand its North American terminal network to include the mid-Atlantic and south-eastern US.
The combined transport platform will manage shipping and transport investments across the capital structure and will have assets under management and capital commitments of more than US$4bn.
UOG’s acquisition of United Arab Chemical Carriers Limited, on which WFW advised, has the award for Middle East ‘M&A Deal of the Year 2021’.
This article explores the increasing trend for private equity investments in the shipping sector to take the form of preferred stock in either publicly listed or private companies, rather than through establishing a joint venture with an established shipowner.
WFW has advised Borealis on its agreement to sell 12 containerships to GSL for an aggregate price of US$233.9m.
We advised Genco Shipping & Trading Limited on a fleet-for-fleet asset swap, exchanging six Handysize vessels for three modern, eco Ultramax bulk carriers with a trading partner.
The acquisition was structured by way of a reverse triangular merger with the financing for the acquisition provided by alternative investment firm, EnTrust Global and will be the first such merger to be effected under the Companies Law of the DIFC.
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