Calyon

Australia

Calyon Australia is a leading provider of investment banking services primarily on acquisition finance, real estate finance and project finance. Additionally, Calyon Australia offers unrivalled financial advisory and capital-raising services to corporations, organisations and governments throughout Australia. Recent successful initiatives include arranging and financing some of Australia's largest leveraged buyouts, major infrastructure projects and capital markets products. Calyon's main clients: financial sponsors and buyout funds, construction contractors, specialty owner/operators, major Australian-based corporations and multinationals, banks and financial institutions, property developers and investors, telecom & media corporations.

Capital markets and investment banking

Our capital markets department offers tailor-made risk solutions, in particular multi-underlying hedging products for long dated/very long dated financings up to 30 years. It is a significant participant in long dated vanilla and structured AUD interest rate swap transactions. Leveraging the resources of our global platforms in Europe and Asia, we also provide access to the full range of structured credit products offered by our global credit derivatives & structures group, including credit derivatives, credit linked notes, first to default baskets and CDO's. Some of these products can be structured in Australian Dollars to suit investor requirements. 

Our key clients include local and international energy & infrastructure project finance sponsors & PPP consortiums, as well as major Australian corporates and financial institutions.
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Financing

Structured finance

The specialised asset-based finance developed within the branch covers a diversity of sectors, such as:

Project finance:

  • medium to long term non-recourse finance,
  • construction finance,
  • equity bridging,
  • subordinated & convertible debt facilities,
  • manority equity.


Clients and Sectors : Power, Oil and Gas, Infrastructure / PPP, Natural resources

Real estate financing:

  • Active in Real Estate lending in Australia since the mid 1980's.
  • Involved in underwriting, participation and direct loans in construction and investor loans,
  • Commercial Mortgage Backed Securitisation


Leveraged & Acquisition Financing

  • Financial advisory and facility structuring
  • Underwriting and syndication of senior and subordinated loans to support leverage and acquisition financing transactions
  • Coverage of financial sponsors and buyout funds and major corporations


Telecom & Media Financing

  • Provision of financial advisory and facility structuring services
  • Underwriting and syndication of senior and subordinated loans to support Australasian Media and Telecom companies


Corporate Banking & Financial Institutions
Provision of a full suite of financing services to major Australasian corporates including:

  • Short term (bridge) Finance to support acquisition, corporate restructurings and capital markets issues
  • Syndicated Finance
  • Structured Finance
  • Capital Markets Issues
  • Interest Rate & Foreign Exchange Hedging
  • Equity Derivatives


Clients and Sectors : Construction Contractors, Specialty Owner / Operators, Major Australian-based Corporates and Multinationals, Banks and Financial Institutions, Property Developers and Investors, Financial sponsors and buyout funds, Telecom & Media Corporates
 

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International Support to Middle Market Clients Network

Located in Hong Kong, the Australian offices of Crédit Agricole's International Support to Middle market clients network assist Crédit Agricole's mid-cap corporate customers in their international operations, by providing a thorough knowledge of the local environment as well as by securing access to a wide spectrum of banking services abroad.
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Contacts

Calyon in Australia

Don PARSONAGE, Senior Country Officer
Tel : +61 2 9258 5222
Fax : +61 2 9252 4691

Robert NEELY, Chief Operating Officer / Human Resources
Tel : +61 2 9258 5222
Fax : +61 2 9252 4692

Ian ROBERTS, Managing Diretor, Project Finance
Tel : +61 2 9258 5204
Fax : +61 2 9252 4692

Jason LEE, Managing Director, CIB
Tel : +61 2 9258 5202
Fax : +61 2 9252 4691

Stephen BRIMO, Managing Director, CIB
Tel : +61 2 9258 5242
Fax : +61 2 9252 4691

Hervé MARTIN, Managing Director, Capital Markets
Tel : +61 2 9258 5245
Fax : +61 2 9252 4691

Sue TWINEY, Director, Real Estate
Tel : +61 2 9258 5219
Fax : +61 2 9252 4691

 

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