Milbank’s London Project, Energy and Infrastructure Finance team earned recognition for advising on an award-winning deal at the GTR Charity Awards Dinner in London on 2nd May. The team, consisting of partner John Dewar and associate Munib Hussain were recognised for their involvement on the Reliance Jio Infocomm/K-SURE Loan Facility Project, located in India.
- Reliance Jio Infocomm/K-SURE Loan Facility – GTR Best Deals Award 2019: Milbank advised the lead arrangers and facility agent, Korea Trade Insurance Corporation (“K-SURE”) and the participating commercial banks with respect to a multi-billion dollar telecom project run by Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. to expand India’s wireless network. K-SURE offered a $1 billion trade loan for Reliance Infocomm’s project in 2018 following a $750 million credit facility in 2015. This is the largest Indian loan covered by K-SURE, and K-SURE’s largest global telecom financing.