Zoe Triantafyllou
Zoe is a senior associate in HFW's finance team in Singapore. She acts for finance providers and borrowers on a wide range of transactions including structured debt finance, export finance, leasing structures, loan portfolio transfers, restructuring and refinancing in the commercial shipping, cruise/travel, petrochemical and jet/yacht industries.
She has also spent time working at HFW’s London and Piraeus offices. She is named in the Legal 500 as a key lawyer for transport finance and leasing.
Practice Area
Panel
- Contributing Author
Qualified Year
- 2017
Experience
- Hill Dickinson LLP (2012 - 2015)
Membership
- Law Society of England & Wales
Qualification
- European, International and Comparative Law (LLB) (2010)
Education
- University of Sheffield (2010)
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PRACTICE NOTES
Export Credit Agency-backed shipping finance: structures, documentation, security packages, OECD Arrangement, and lender and owner considerations
Export credit agency (ECA) backed financing has long served as a dependable funding route for the shipping and offshore sectors, yet the financial crisis expanded the influence of ECAs across all areas, from cruise vessels to drilling units and liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers. Banks commonly welcome ECA participation as it enables them to manage capital pressures in a capital‑intensive industry and to address risks tied to exporting to overseas purchasers. ECAs provide, among other measures, direct lending, insurance and guarantees to facilitate ship finance transactions and to safeguard the interests of domestic shipyards selling worldwide. The financing structure and documentation will differ depending on the particular form of support delivered by the ECA.
What are Export Credit Agencies?
An ECA is typically a governmental body or a quasi‑governmental agency, but it can also be a publicly or privately owned company (acting on behalf of the relevant government) which, in shipping finance transactions, either furnishes...
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