Saying that 2013 was a big year for Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking (SG CIB) is something of an understatement. During the past 18 months, the French bank completed the largest trade finance loan, the largest project financing in North America and the first ever project bond financing for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessel.

But the bank isn't just in it for the sake of doing an eye-catching deal, says Federico Turegano, its Paris-based global head of natural resources and