Calyon advises its customers at an early stage on their financial issues and offers the bank’s full range of products. The offering is geared to the professionals of the property and hotel sectors. It is also designed for corporates and institutionals wishing to leverage the value of their property and to other customers of the Crédit Agricole Group which is very active in all the real estate related businesses.

The businesses in the area of real estate and hotels are first off at local level, where the assets are owned and managed. The clientele is comprised of private or public investors on the look out for opportunities, experience sharing and economies of scale at global level. It increasingly includes multinational groups, especially in the hotel industry.
 

Calyon’s worldwide expertise in real estate and lodging rests on an in-depth knowledge of these sectors and of potential investors on this market. Calyon offers its customers a broad range of solutions as well as the competencies of its personnel in many different areas:

• advisory (M&As, development strategies…)
• debt instruments (corporate and structured finance, asset finance, syndication…) 
• interest rate products (swaps and derivatives)
• B/S and tax engineering (securitisation, B/S relieving operations…).
   

Calyon makes available to its customers an international network of nearly 140 specialists distributed amongst dedicated teams in 12 countries: in Paris, New York, London, Milan, Madrid, Prague, Warsaw, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore, Sydney and Dubai.

Each client receives worldwide assistance from a senior banker capable to direct it to the relevant centre of expertise within the Group.