Leasing & Finance
SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc. is a client-facing subsidiary of SMBC, responsible for delivering value-added, asset finance solutions to SMBC’s existing clients through bespoke leasing products, with offices in the US, United Kingdom, Germany and Australia.Our group is a recognized market leader, advising and arranging highly structured transactions.
 
Real Estate Finance
Our desk is a client-facing division of Specialized Finance Department, responsible for delivering the full front-to-back spectrum of non-recourse commercial real estate financing. We finance the following types of real estate: multifamily apartments, logistics centers, office buildings, retail shopping centers, hotels, data centers and so on. Our customers are the world’s top-class real estate investors, as well as Japanese and Asian investors, as we leverage our long-standing history and wide client coverage in the Asian market.
 
Latin America Project Finance Group
SMBC has significant expertise in advising, structuring, arranging, underwriting and distributing project & structured finance loans and project bonds on a global scale. Along with other departments within SMBC and SMBC Nikko, we provide a variety of financing solutions for large scale infrastructure projects including conventional and renewable power plants, transmission lines, mining, oil and gas facilities, toll roads, ports, airports, bridges, data centers, fiber optic, and hospitals across Latin America.  Our typical products are structuring of project finance, financial advisory to project developers, long / short term loan to project, large scale underwriting of the loans, bond (144A, US private placement) arrangement, Export Credit Agency financing and M&A. 
 
Latin America Corporate Finance Group
The Latin America Corporate Finance Group (LADA-CF) is responsible for structuring, executing and monitoring corporate finance transactions in Latin America. LADA-CF covers clients in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. The team is divided into three sector verticals: Natural Resources, Power & Utilities and Diversified Industries. Each vertical leveragesits industry knowledge across the entire region. LADA-CF regularly collaborates with other teams across SMBC and SMBC Nikko, including Global Trade Finance, Loan Capital Markets, Debt Capital Markets, Investment Banking and US Private Placements.