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Nexi and ABN ensure untied success

15 March 2005

Through 2004 competition for financing mandates for Brazilian corporates reached new heights. With this deal, closed in December by ABN Amro (ABN), it was the first time that a European bank acted as sole lead arranger on a Nexi untied loan for a Brazilian borrower.

Read more: Deals of the Year Nexi and ABN ensure untied success

Gerdau Açominas - export credit financing

Lead arranger: ABN AMRO

Borrower: Gerdau Açominas

Amount: $240 million

Tenor: 7 years

ECA: Nexi

Law firms: Allen & Overy (lenders and Nexi)

Pinheiro Neto Advogados (lenders and Nexi)

Through 2004 competition for financing mandates for Brazilian corporates reached new heights. With this deal, closed in December by ABN Amro (ABN), it was the first time that a European bank acted as sole lead arranger on a Nexi untied loan for a Brazilian borrower. It was also the first long-term untied Nexi loan without additional guarantees, and one of the largest Nexi untied loans for Brazil in 2004.

Under the deal, ABN successfully arranged a $240...


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