Spartan Partnership was not alone in sensing that the period after the financial crash in 2008 would have been the ideal time for Chinese lenders to step in and position themselves as the new, alternative provider of shipfinance to global owners.
Founder and managing partner Stathi Marneros thought lenders would be looking to set up a corporate banking presence across the major European shipfinance hubs such as Athens, Hamburg, London, Oslo and Rotterdam.
