Syndicated loans are integral part of capital rising for large corporate and financial institutions. By offering this product, Crédit Agricole CIB is able to provide its clients with a whole range of financings.

It may be used for general corporate needs (as refinancing, acquisition, back-up line) or more specialized or structured transactions as :

• project finance,
• structured trade and commodity finance,
• export finance,
• property finance,
• LBOA leveraged buy-out is the acquisition of all a company's shares financed largely by the borrowed funds.’s

The main strength of the Syndicated Loan business line is to offer the major clients financing that is placed simultaneously in several markets with:

• origination team with in-depth knowledge of their sectors and an emphasis on the client relationship,
• significant market share in targeted sectors (project finance, leveraged finance and coporate acquisition) and regions (EMEA, Latin America and Asia),
• a knowledge of the market that guarantees the best prices at any given time,
• widely recognised placement capacity.

Crédit Agricole CIB can be considered as one of the Market Leaders, as, in 2008, it has been ranked in the Bookrunner League Tables (source: Thomson Financial):

Number 3 in EMEA (Europe/Middle East/Africa)

• number 1 in France
• number 2 in Project finance
• number 2 in Islamic finance
• number 2 in LBOs
• number 5 in Middle East and Africa

Number 10 globally

• number 3 in Latin America

Crédit Agricole CIB’s syndicated loan activity is a global business line covering :

• the EMEA zone with an integrated platform of 50 professionals that links London, Paris and Madrid (for origination, structuring, distribution and secondary market activities).
• Asia with 10 specialists based in Hong Kong, Taipei, Tokyo and Sydney.
• the Americas with a team of 16 specialists based in New York.