Rating Advisory

Credit rating is fundamental to an organisation’s financial strength. Societe Generale has been one of the first banks to provide its clients with dedicated rating advisory support and has today a recognised expertise.

In Rating Advisory, we are an all-in-one service provider. With an extensive capital market and rating agency background, our Rating Advisory team supports you in all ratings considerations, including first-time ratings, rating upgrade/defense, capital structure optimisation and debt capacity analysis. We offer credit rating and ESG advisory services.

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Debt Capital Markets
Our Debt Capital Markets platform provides holistic debt advisory services, leveraging the profound expertise of an...
Corporations and Institutions
Our Debt Capital Markets platform provides holistic debt advisory services, leveraging the profound expertise of an extensive, fully integrated setup.
Debt Capital Markets
Equity Capital Markets
Societe Generale offers its clients a comprehensive platform of services dedicated to Equity Capital Markets (ECM)...
Corporations and Institutions
Societe Generale offers its clients a comprehensive platform of services dedicated to Equity Capital Markets (ECM) transactions, including initial public offerings (IPOs), capital increases, equity-linked products as well as strategic equity solutions.
Equity Capital Markets
Leveraged Finance
Societe Generale's Leveraged Finance offering provides you with innovative and integrated financing solutions to meet...
Corporations and Institutions
Societe Generale's Leveraged Finance offering provides you with innovative and integrated financing solutions to meet your objectives in multiple areas of expertise. It consists of originating, structuring, and executing Leveraged Buy-Out (LBO) financing transactions supported by private equity funds. It covers both leveraged loans and high-yield bonds.
Leveraged Finance

Read about our clients' success stories

Accelerating heavy transport electrification
Societe Generale supported Zetra, a pioneering French player in electric heavy mobility, in financing a portfolio of...
Clients' successes
Societe Generale supported Zetra, a pioneering French player in electric heavy mobility, in financing a portfolio of charging points dedicated to trucks. The Bank acted as Structuring Bank, Mandated Lead Arranger, Sole Lender, Hedge Provider, Facility Agent, and Account Bank, in Europe’s first non-recourse project financing dedicated to electric truck charging...
Accelerating heavy transport electrification
Financing the First Significant US Copper Mine in Two Decades
Arizona’s copper reserves, formed millions of years ago, are critical to America’s energy transition and tech growth....
Clients' successes
Arizona’s copper reserves, formed millions of years ago, are critical to America’s energy transition and tech growth. With demand set to surge, Ivanhoe Electric’s Santa Cruz Copper Mine project aims to help secure US supply and strengthen competitiveness. The project financing is the first transaction in the Americas for Societe Generale under the Emerging...
Financing the First Significant US Copper Mine in Two Decades
Supporting the largest refinancing of the year in the French renewable energy market
JP Energie Environnement, a French independent renewable energy producer, has announced the completion of a €430 million...
Clients' successes
JP Energie Environnement, a French independent renewable energy producer, has announced the completion of a €430 million debt raising to refinance a portfolio of wind and solar projects totalling 427 MW of capacity. Societe Generale acted as Mandated Lead Arranger, Lender, and Hedge Provider in this transaction, illustrating its continuous commitment to...
Supporting the largest refinancing of the year in the French renewable energy market
Backing a record UK investment to spark an electricity superhighway
Societe Generale co-arranged and structured the USD 1.054 billion financing to support National Grid Electricity...
Clients' successes
Societe Generale co-arranged and structured the USD 1.054 billion financing to support National Grid Electricity Transmission plc (NGET)’s share in the construction of the Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2) project in the UK. It is part of the UK Government’s Net Zero strategy and the country’s largest-ever investment in electricity transmission. The project is also...
Backing a record UK investment to spark an electricity superhighway