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About Us

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) is a leading international project and structured finance bank, with over 300 projects in Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, Africa, North America and Latin America since it established its Structured Finance team in the early 1990s. The Structured Finance team has grown tremendously since inception. While SMBC Structured Finance’s core product remains project finance (including financial advisory, arranging & structuring and underwriting & syndication) as well as leverage finance (for MBOs/LBOs), the team is also active in the wider Structured Finance space, including ECA Finance, Aircraft Finance, Offshore Vessel Finance, Reserve Finance, and Environmental Products.

Dedicated Team

SMBC has one of the largest teams in the Asia Pacific region. The Structured Finance team consists of 86 project and structured finance professionals across marketing and credit functions, as well as 26 leverage finance professionals (as of February 2011). SMBC has professionals working on structured finance transactions who are based out of SMBC’s various regional offices, including offices in Tokyo, Singapore, Sydney, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Hanoi and Jakarta.

The Asia Pacific project & structured finance team covers a large variety of key sectors with industry expertise and specialized dedicated teams providing a wide range of products and services. These include Project Finance, ECA Finance, Aircraft Finance, Offshore Vessel Finance and Reserve Finance, and Environmental Products.

Our Asia Pacific leverage finance team, which is dedicated to MBO/LBO transactions, provides Acquisition Finance and Leverage Finance.

The Asia Pacific team cooperates with its American and European Structured Finance counterparts, thus providing wide coverage to clients via a network of over 220 professionals covering five continents.

Our Solution

The Structured Finance Asia Pacific team provides one-stop services, including:-

• Advising project sponsors and government agencies on limited recourse finance
• Lead arranging structured finance transactions
• Coordinating with ECAs
• Significant debt underwriting capabilities
• Strong presence and expertise in emerging markets
• Innovating structures and pathfinder deals

Additionally, SMBC Structured Finance cooperates with the wider SMBC Group to provide a full suite of services for its clients. SMBC Capital India Private Limited was established in April 2008 to specialize in advisory services for Indian related infrastructure and project finance transactions. Indian clients are also able to approach SMBC for their offshore finance requirements. PT Bank Sumitomo Mitsui Indonesia (BSMI) assists with the team’s transactions in Indonesia. Moreover, SMBC Group is also able to offer wide range of products including interest rate hedging, foreign exchange hedging, commodity hedging and M&A advisory services.

Unique Industry Expertise

As demonstrated by our strong track record, the Structured Finance Asia Pacific team has considerable experience across a wide variety of industry sectors:-

• Power
• Mining&Metals
• Oil&Gas
• Infrastructure
• Leisure
• Petrochemicals
• PPP
• Telecom
• Transport
• Gaming

The Power & Infrastructure team, which is based in Singapore, has taken part in a wide variety of power and infrastructure transactions throughout the Asia Pacific region and is well-regarded in the industry. The Oil & Gas team, likewise based in Singapore, is not only comprised of finance specialists but also has access to a senior petroleum engineer who helps the team to offer holistic RBL solutions. The team has successfully arranged financing for upstream and downstream oil & gas projects, as well as taken part in a number of key financial advisory projects throughout the region. SMBC also has a dedicated Mining & Metals team including industry specialists (geologists and mining engineers), based in Sydney. As one of the leading mining finance banks, SMBC has shown first class expertise and solid track record in advising and arranging financing for mining & metals deals. Hence, SMBC has a strong competitive advantage from an integrated team that is capable of handling a transaction at any point in the energy value chain.

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