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Trade & Commodities Finance
The exceptional dynamism of the international trade and commodities markets in recent years, driven by high commodities prices and the growth of emerging markets corporates has resulted in a range of challenges and opportunities for the origination of trade and commodities finance deals. In turn, this has created challenges for the legal structuring and documentation of these deals.
We have responded to this challenge by creating an experienced team of trade and commodities finance lawyers who document all aspects of the financing of domestic and international trade. Specifically:
- We have in depth experience of working in the markets of energy, mining, metals, commodities, transportation and international finance, representing banks, non bank lenders, traders, producers and borrowers
- Our lawyers understand the full extent of supply chains with experience ranging from the financing of the production of raw materials, manufacturing processes, storage and transportation of goods, receivables financing and cash management products
- We aim to work closely in partnership with our clients so as to structure and document transactions creatively, efficiently and securely
- We place strong emphasis on service standards, responsiveness and senior lawyer attention to all transactions
- Our pricing is competitive
Our clients include banks and financial institutions such as Citibank, Calyon, Fortis, BNP Paribas, Societe Generale, Intesa Sanpaolo and ING - and corporates such as Trafigura, BHP Billiton and Norsk Hydro.
We act for banks, non bank lenders, traders, producers and other borrowers in:
- Structured commodities finance
- Pre export finance
- Letter of credit and guarantee facilities
- ECA backed facilities
- Receivables financing facilities
- Cash management products
- Derivatives
- Securitisation of trade receivables
- Unsecured lending to corporates
- Restructuring, workouts and insolvencies
- Collateral management issues, including collateral management agreements and warehouse receipts financing
Steven Burkill, Bangkok
Celia Gardiner, London
Michael Kenny, London
Jan Mellmann, London
Nigel Moss, Paris
Andrew Savage, London
Evan Stergoulis, London
Eugenio Tranchino, Rome
James A Watters, London
Alfred Yudes, New York
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