Niels Ardeo-Winter
Niels Ardeo-Winter
Biography
Niels is an associate in the Project Development & Finance practice of White & Case Paris.
Niels advises lenders, sponsors and borrowers on structured finance and project finance transactions.
Experience
- Representation of the lenders to the consortium composed of Acciona Agua, Green of Africa, and Afriquia Gaz in connection with the tender process, export credit-backed financing, and senior debt facilities for the construction, development, operation, and maintenance of the Casablanca Water Desalination Plant.
- Representation of lenders and bond subscribers in relation to the €606m refinancing of the existing debt of Proxiserve (a leading energy services player) and financing of Proxiserve's capex and working capital requirements.
- Representation of a consortium (Transdev, NGE and Caisse des dépôts et consignations) in the context of a tender process organized by the Grand-Est Region regarding the award of a concession relating to the financing, refurbishment, operation and maintenance of a railway line between Nancy and Contrexéville.
- Representation of the European Investment Bank (EIB) on the financing of the acquisition and modernization of rolling stock used for regional rail services in the Grand Est region of France.
- Representation of Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, a French financial institution, on its equity investment in JP Energie Environnement, a French independent producer of renewable energy (through direct equity investment, roll-over of existing participations and direct acquisition of shares), valuating JP Energie Environnement at c. EUR 900 million.
- Representation of Covage Infra, part of the Altitude Group, on setting up a medium-term loan and liquidity line for a total amount of €156 million with NORD/LB, a German bank already a partner in the financing of Altitude Group's fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) infrastructure.
- Representation of Casino Group on the signing, together with Tikehau Capital and French public investment bank Bpifrance, of a put option agreement to sell their majority stake in GreenYellow, the energy subsidiary of Casino group, to Ardian Infrastructure for an enterprise value of €1.4 billion and an equity value of €1.1 billion.
- Representation of Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP), a global leader in private infrastructure equity investing, on the largest infrastructure private equity and the largest private equity deal in Germany in 2022.
Paris
Master 2, Banking and Financial Law
University Paris II, Panthéon-Assas
Master 2, Business Law
Université Paris V René Descartes
French
English