Sher & Blackwell
has significant experience in the financing of liners, offshore rigs,
supply boats and production platforms, ferryboats, tankers, barges,
dredges, other vessels and shipyards. The firm has a long record of
success representing foreign and U.S. clients in U.S. government guaranteed
financing and private financing. We have successfully managed over
one billion dollars in recent transactions for our clients.
Sher & Blackwell has handled some of the most difficult
and complex U.S. government financed projects. Among the “firsts” that we have
been able to successfully conclud
e was the construction period financing for several
offshore drilling rigs under the Maritime Administration’s Title XI program, the
first successful U.S. government financing for vessels built for export, floating note
(LIBOR based) loans, loans using special purpose commercial paper vehicles, and
combinations of state and federal financing. We have also participated in the first
so-called “co-financing”, involving the use of Title XI and private bank
financing.
At Sher & Blackwell, we understand that a successful
transaction requires effective management skills in addition to legal expertise. We pride
ourselves in being able to close a deal in a timely fashion because we understand that
delays and complications make for added frustration and costs to our clients. We routinely
conclude transactions involving multiple parties on different continents and are
accustomed to organizing and managing even the most document-intensive transactions in an
efficient and effective manner. We believe our record of successful transactions, detailed
on the Accomplishments page of this website, speaks for itself.
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