Hamburg – Unitank group, an international service provider for petroleum products and operator of six large oil tanks at five locations in Germany and abroad, has entered into a facilities agreement with a total volume of EUR 157 million to refinance an existing financing. The lenders include Helaba Landesbank Hessen-Thürin­gen, National Australia Bank Limited and Scotiabank.A CMS team lead by the partners Dr Marc Riede and Dr Thomas de la Motte provided comprehensive legal advice to the banking consortium on the drafting and negotiation of the financing documentation involving several jurisdictions. Glas SAS and Global Loan Agency Services GmbH acted as security agent or facility agent respectively. The financial advisor in the transaction was Rothschild & Co. CMS Germany Dr Marc Riede, Lead Partner Dr Thomas de la Motte, Lead Partner Nicolai Bischof, Senior Associate Kai Lüdiger, Associate Marcel Müller, Associate, all Banking & Finance CMS Belgium Benoît Vandervelde, Partner Florence Berchem, Associate, both Banking & Finance CMS Luxembourg Vivian Walry, Part­ner Char­lotte Demeuldre, Counsel Suzanne Chibane, Managing Associate, all Banking & Finance CMS UK Hugo Coetzee, Partner Oliver Brown, both Banking & FinancePress Con­tact presse@cms-hs. com

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