Capital

Arrow Capital is a well-established division within the ARROW shipping business, offering comprehensive financing solutions across the capital structure, including debt, mezzanine, and on specific occasions, equity. It also provides advisory services on company set-ups, fleet investments, restructurings, and strategic decisions.

Working with a wide range of shipowners, investors and commodity traders, the team enjoys a long-standing industry network and has a proven track-record in delivering timely and secured financing solutions, leveraging the full ARROW panel of services, worldwide. To achieve this, over the years, the team has also developed tangible relationships with several financial institutions across the globe, ranging from large Chinese and Japanese lessors to US-backed private equity funds, EU based corporate banks, as well as alternative and more niche finance providers.

Selected Transactions

All transactions listed below were structured and arranged by ARROW Capital.

2x Handysize Bulk Carriers
$38,000,000
LTV: Circa 70%
Margin: US L + 3.75%
Sales & leaseback refinancing
Source: Chinese leasing institution
1x Chemical / Oil Tanker
$15,000,000
LTV: 65%
Margin: US L + 3.8%
Loan facility to refinance existing debt
Source: Banking institution (Europe)
2x Chemical / Oil Tankers
$14,500,500
LTV: Circa 60%
Margin: US L + 4.25%
Loan facility to refinance existing debt
Source: Banking institution (Europe)

Ongoing Projects

Financing
Our client, a major offshore and shipping company, approached us to refinance his whole fleet, whilst adding a “hunting credit line” facility to acquire further units opportunistically.
Financing
One of our clients is active in the cruise industry and has asked Arrow Capital to arrange a refinancing facility on one of his units, to monetize some capital for his fleet renewal
Financing
A leading shipping company in Asia has mandated us to arrange the financing of its 2x VLCC newbuildings delivering 2026/2027, we arranged a mortgage loan facility, which is at credit committee stage with the lender
Financing
A medium sized commodity trader has mandated us to arrange the financing of his acquisition of a second-hand VLGC unit
Financing
A start-up shipping company focusing on green energies has mandated us to arrange a working capital facility, as it prepares its expansion phase

Our network

Our network encompasses over 80 debt sources across 17 countries.

AMERICAS
10

banks, credit funds, trading houses

EMEA
34

banks, credit funds, leasing houses

APAC
40

banks, credit funds, trading houses, leasing houses, private specialised lenders

Our Team

Regis

Caze

Managing Partner

Geneva

Regis Caze is a seasoned banking professional with over 25 years of experience in ship finance at leading institutions in Geneva and Zurich. He began his career at Banque Paribas (Suisse), later specialising in vessel financing, and went on to restructure and develop a portfolio at Banque Cantonale Vaudoise before joining Credit Suisse in 2005. There, he founded and led the ship finance desk in Geneva, overseeing Southern Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Turkey, and India, managing more than 40 client relationships and a US$2.5 billion loan portfolio. In 2017, he co-founded Helvetic Marine Capital SA, and in 2018 became a Managing Partner and co-founder of ARROW CAPITAL SA, where he applies his expertise in credit structuring and his extensive global shipowner network.

Alexander

Lerch

Director

Singapore

Alexander Lerch is a seasoned global investment professional with expertise in maritime, transportation, infrastructure, and energy assets. He spent over seven years as a Director at SE Capital in Hong Kong, where he led investment strategy and oversaw the acquisition, management, and operational management of a bulk carrier fleet across its full investment lifecycle. Previously, he held investment roles at Bauhinia Capital Partners in Hong Kong and Fortress Investment Group in New York, after starting his career at Accenture in Zurich. He holds an MBA from SDA Bocconi and formerly served on the board of the Swiss Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. Now based in Singapore at Arrow Capital, he focuses on strengthening operations and leveraging his extensive shipping network to originate transactions and connect European and Asian capital.

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