
Specialist Asset Finance
Tailored solutions to diverse asset financing challenges.
A team dedicated to structuring large ticket asset finance transactions in specialist sectors.
The Specialist Asset Finance (SAF) team support our large corporate customers with the structuring of large ticket transactions to finance assets including: rail, helicopters, corporate jets, commercial aviation, sustainable energy generation, data centres, smart meters and equipment (including industrial, infrastructure, transport and many others).
We offer a variety of products including: debt, lease purchase, finance lease and operating lease (with residual value risk), receivables and structured hybrids. Pre-inception facilities for complex projects are also available.
Typically tenor will align to the economic life of the asset. Deal structures vary across the portfolio and often incorporate bespoke documentation and security as well as cross-border/multi-jurisdictional elements.

Why NatWest?
The SAF team has built a reputation for providing value-add solutions for customers across a wide range of sectors and asset classes.
The teams within SAF are considered sector experts with in-depth knowledge of their respective areas. We tailor transactions to meet customers’ unique requirements and understand that one size most certainly does not fit all when it comes to big ticket asset finance transactions.
Working closely with the Asset Management function, we use their knowledge and understanding of the various asset classes to offer you very competitive pricing that benefits from enhanced capital management.
Our areas of expertise
- Asset backed loans
- Progress Payment Facilities
- Operating Lease, Finance Lease and Hire Purchase facilities
- Sale & Purchase of Receivables
- Limited & non-recourse debt funding into SPVs
Finance is subject to status. Security may be required. Product fees may apply.
Recent deals

Serpens Funding Limited
USD 95,000,000 Senior Term Loan
ECA Lender & Mandated Lead Arranger: NatWest
December 2020 UK

Zenobe Energy Limited
GBP 20,200,000 Purchase of Receivables
Senior Lender: Lombard
June 2020 UK

Vantage Meters (Map 2) Limited
GBP 37,500,000 Structured Loan Smart Meter Assets
Bialateral Term Loan Provider: NatWest
April 2020 UK

Abellio East Anglia Limited
GBP 50,000,000 Sales & Hire-Purchase Back
Leasor: Lombard
July 2019 UK

Delta Air Lines, Inc.
USD 180,000,000 Senior Term Loan
Senior Lender: NatWest
July 2019 UK

345 Rail Leasing Limited
GBP 1,060,000,000 Senior Residual Value Loan and Senior Loans
Co-Sponsor, Joint Financial Advisor, Senior RV Lender & Senior Lender: NatWest
March 2019 UK
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Contact us
To discuss your business requirements and how NatWest could support you, contact us today: