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Hogan Lovells advises Norfund in expanded financing for Kenyan off-grid solar energy project
29 January 2021
Andrew Taylor
PartnerLondon
Email andrew.taylor@hoganlovells.com
Phone +44 20 7296 2223
Fax +44 20 7296 2001
LanguagesEnglish
Practice groupCorporate & Finance
Andrew Taylor is a banking partner based in London. He covers all aspects of lending and is a trade and export finance specialist.
His practice covers the UK, Europe and emerging markets around the world, particularly Africa and the CIS. He represents lenders and borrowers, with a particular focus on lending by multilateral organisations and development banks.
Andrew has been at Hogan Lovells since 1993 and a partner since 2002. He spent nine years with the firm in Hong Kong and Singapore, before returning to the London office in 2007. He is also chairman of the firm's international legal opinions committee.
Education and admissions
Education
The College of Law, Chester, 1992
University of Exeter, 1991
Representative experience
Acting for Natixis in a syndicated pre-export loan facility to Uralkali to finance exports of potash
Acting for IFC in a secured loan financing to Trans-Oil a vegetable oil producer in Moldova
Acting on factoring, supply chain financing and receivable purchase transactions for banks such as Citibank, JPMorgan, Mizuho and a major financial institution including true sale legal opinions
Advising LME Clear (the London based clearing house for the London Metal Exchange) on the member margin collateral elements
Acting for Natixis in a syndicated borrowing base loan facility to Kernel to finance their grain business in the Ukraine
Advising Afreximbank on a syndicated oil reserves based loan facility to Eroton, a producer of oil and gas in Nigeria
Acting for Afreximbank on a syndicated loan financing to Smile Communications to finance their mobile telecoms business in Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and the DRC
Acting on various loan financings for multilaterals and DFIs such as Afreximbank, IFC, EIB and FMO
Advising various banks on their asset distribution arrangements including true sale opinions and CRR capital treatment, such as Citibank and Lloyds
Latest thinking and events
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Hogan Lovells advises U.S. International Development Finance Corporation in US$20M financing for project that will fund solar home systems in Kenya
12 June 2020
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Hogan Lovells advises the EIB on the €30 million quasi-equity loan financing to support renewable and energy efficiency across Europe
18 May 2017
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Hogan Lovells advises the EIB on the financing of fast growing mid-caps by Dutch Bank NIBC
06 April 2017
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Hogan Lovells acts for European Investment Bank on its first pharma loan in Ireland
16 December 2016
