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The syndicated loan can be regarded as the further development of a classic bilateral loan. It is an ideal tool to establish new strategic banking relationships. The loan amount will be provided by a group of banks (the consortium or syndicate), with a leading bank taking over the role of the arranger who will be responsible for the co-ordination and administration of the transaction. Despite of the fact that a group of banks is involved, only one loan agreement needs to be signed.

Syndicated loans can be applied flexibly across the whole range of corporate finance purposes:

• Working Capital

• Investment Funding

• Bridge Finance

• Project Finance

• Acquisition Finance

• Leveraged Buy Out 

For more than ten years WestLB has been a top arranger of syndicated loans. In close co-operation with our clients the syndication experts rely on their longstanding expertise to develop sound yet innovative financial solutions for corporates, financial institutions and public borrowers.

Your advantages at a glance

• One single loan instead of a number of credit lines

• New / consistent documentation standard can be established

• High flexibility in terms of amount, drawdown, currency, interest rate payment or redemption

• Financing of large amounts possible 

• Time and cost savings due to large volumes and efficient administration

• Relief of existing credit lines with standard banks by adding new banks

• Restructuring of banking relationships possible

• Combinations with other financing tools possible (e.g. bonds, promissory notes, commercial paper)

• If required: publicity and active marketing of client name (in particular with regard to preparation of capital markets transactions)

• No external rating necessary