Awards

    Deals of the Year

    Award-winning financings

    Structuring complex financings – KfW IPEX-Bank has demonstrated its skill in doing just that. For years this expertise has been independently proven in the form of awards from leading international specialist publications.

    International project awards

    Every year the leading media of the international financial press present their “Deal of the Year” awards to recognise the outstanding financings of the past year.

    We are pleased to have received such accolades from the magazines PFI, IJGlobal, TXF, inspiratia, Proximo, Marine Money and GTR. These awards are independent proof of KfW IPEX-Bank's performance in structuring complex financing transactions in global comparison.

    Successful awards season 2024/2025

    In the 2024/2025 awards season, KfW IPEX-Bank again figured among the winners, receiving 21 awards overall.

    MagazineAwardProject
    PFI Project Finance InternationalAmericas Infrastructure Deal Aguas Esperanza
    Americas Deal of the Year  CVOW
    Americas Renewables Deal of the Year      Green River Energy Center
    Middle East & Africa Sustainable Deal of the Year      Marubeni WtE
    IJGlobalGigafactory Deal of the YearDunkirk Battery Gigafactory
    Refinance of the Year - Digital InfrastructureGlaspoort Refinancing
    IJGlobal Power to X Stegra Green Steel Plant
    Export Finance Deal of the YearMetro Lima Line 2 Refinancing
    Mining Deal of the YearMinera Centinela Expansion
    Renewable Deal of the Year - Offshore WindCoastal Virginia Offshore Wind Farm
    Renewable Deal of the Year - Onshore WindBuffalo Plains - Onshore Wind
    Sustainability-Linked Credit FacilitySwitch, Inc
    Digital Infrastructure Deal of the Year - USSwitch, Inc. $4.25bn Sustainability-Linked Credit Facility
    TXFAfrica Export Finance Deal of the YearAngola Road Rehabilitation Project
    Latin America Export Finance Deal of the YearMinera Centinela
    inspiratiaOutstanding Offshore Deal Baltic Power
    Outstanding Onshore Deal Pagegiai Wind Farm
    Outstanding Greenfield DealH2 Green Steel
    ProximoDeal of the YearCoastal Virginia Offshore Wind Farm
    Marine MoneyEast Leasing Deals of the YearXpress Feeders and Eastaway France SAS
    GTRTop Deal of the YearReliance Sace Push

    Examples of our award-winning financings in 2024/2025

    Minera Centinela: IJGlobal Mining Deal of the Year and TXF Latin America Export Finance Deal of the Year

    Copper cables

    KfW IPEX-Bank is participating in the expansion of the Minera Centinela copper project in Chile as part of an international banking consortium with a loan of USD 150 million. The copper mine, 70% owned by Antofagasta, is located about 1,350 kilometres north of the capital Santiago de Chile. The expansion project increases the mine's copper production by about 140,000 tons per year, using only renewable energy and seawater for the production process. KfW IPEX-Bank acts as senior lender, MLA and Untied Loan agent and supports the production of an important raw material for the energy transition with this financing.

    Pagegiai Onshore wind farm: inspiratia Outstanding Onshore Deal

    Wind turbines in a grass landscape

    KfW IPEX-Bank, together with Nord/LB and Nordic Investment Bank (NIB), is providing long-term financing totaling around EUR 326 million for the construction and operation of the Pagegiai onshore wind farm in Lithuania. With 40 wind turbines from the renowned manufacturer Nordex, it will provide a total installed capacity of 264 MW. The purchase of the clean electricity is secured by a long-term contract within the Achemos Group and is intended to make an essential contribution to the decarbonisation of supply chains in the chemical industry. With this project, KfW IPEX-Bank is underlining its commitment to further advance the energy transition in Europe.

    Stegra Green Steel Plant: IJGlobal Power to X and inspiratia Outstanding Greenfield Deal

    View of the steel production site H2 Green Steel

    KfW IPEX-Bank is participating in the financing of a state-of-the-art integrated flat steel plant as part of an international banking consortium with a loan of EUR 187.5 million. The plant, which is being built by H2 Green Steel (now renamed Stegra) in Sweden, uses an innovative process based on self-produced green hydrogen and electricity from renewable energies. Steel is produced with up to 95% less emissions than conventional steel production.

    KfW IPEX-Bank has been advising the project from the outset as financial advisor and has assumed a leading role within the international banking consortium as part of the financing: It acts as Euler Hermes Advisor, Covered Facility Agent and ECA Agent, as well as Riskgälden Advisor and Covered Facility Agent. With this funding, KfW IPEX-Bank is supporting a pioneering project of decarbonisation in the steel industry.

    KfW IPEX-Bank honoured as a leading worldwide export bank

    Banner TXF Industry Choice Award 2024 for KfW IPEX-Bank

    According to an independent survey by the London-based industry information service Trade & Export Finance (TXF), KfW IPEX-Bank is once again one of the top 3 export finance banks worldwide.

    The results of the TXF Export Finance Industry Choice Award are based on responses provided by stakeholders from the export finance industry on the performance of export finance banks. In the quantitative survey, participants rated aspects such as industry expertise and understanding of the client’s business as well as dimensions like appetite for sustainable deals and customer service.