Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW“) advised a consortium of investors on a €200m subordinated financing granted to RAILPOOL GmbH (“RAILPOOL”) to support its continued growth.
The consortium was led by Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, acting as debt advisor, private placement agent, facility agent and security agent with additional financing from investors in Singapore, the US and Germany.
Munich-based RAILPOOL is one of the leading European leasing companies for rail vehicles. It operates in 19 European countries with a fleet of more than 600 electric and hybrid locomotives and 148 passenger vehicles representing a total investment of more than €2.7bn.
The WFW Transport team that advised the investors was led by Assets & Structured Finance Partners Frederik Lorenzen in Frankfurt and Louise Mor in London, supported by Counsel Andrey Latyshev, Senior Associates Alexander Piepenbrock and Liam Clozier, Associates Louis Brunet and Sam Jones and Trainee Aditya Ashok.
