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Financing Provider of the Year, CEE
With a workforce of appr. 6,300 and total assets of around € 33 bn (June 2016), Helaba is one of the leading banks in Germany. Helaba offers financial services to companies, Banks, institutional investors and the public sector. It acts as central clearing institution and service provider for 40 per cent of German's savings banks. In Poland Helaba is active in real estate lending.
Name of company
Helaba – Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen
Department head or senior representative in CEE, real estate
Martin Erbe
Value of transactions in the real estate market (between October 2015 and September 2016, in EUR)
c. 10 bin
Portfolio of credit transactions (betweeen October 2015 and September 2016)
Echo Retail Portfolio, Poland € 185,000,000 Long Term Financing, Arranger and Lender Quadrio, Prague, Czech Republic € 78,000,000,000 Long Term Financing, Lead Arranger Valad Retail Portfolio, Poland -€ 133,000,000 Long Term Financing, Arranger and Lender Rondo One, Warsaw, Poland Long Term Financing, Arranger and Lender Seeräuber Seeräuber Shopping Center, Bielsko Biala, Poland Long Term Financing, Arranger and Lender Palladium, Prague, Czech Republic -€ 380,000,000 Long Term Financing, Arranger, Lender and Agent Retail Portfolio, Poland -€ 163,600,000 Long Term Financing, Co-Arranger and Lender Office Portfolio, Warsaw and Katowice, Poland -€ 136,000,000 Long Term Financing, Arranger and Lender Nova Karolina, Ostrava, Czech Republic -€ 130,000,000 Long Term Financing, Arranger, Co-Lender and Agent
Value of credit and refinancing for shopping centres (between October 2015 and September 2016, in EUR)
n.a
Value of credit and refinancing for offices (between October 2015 and September 2016, in EUR)
n.a
Value of credit and refinancing for warehouses (between October 2015 and September 2016, in EUR)
n.a.
Please say why you should be considered for the award
Helaba is a balance sheet lender with a long-term strategy and clear focus on customer relationships. In Poland Helaba has been active since 2004 and has been available for new business throughout the years even in the financial crisis. With a special real estate lending team dedicated to the Polish market Helaba provides good expertise and offers flexible solutions. The bank is capable to underwrite larger loan amounts for single properties as well as big portfolio transactions.
Company website
www.helaba.de