Trade finance
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How we can advise you
If your business involves international trade and commodities you’ll face complex deals across international boundaries. Getting astute, commercial legal guidance on financing those deals from lawyers who understand the risks is essential.
We can help you with advice on:
- finance and payment mechanisms, such as documentary collections and documentary credits, export factoring and credit-insured financing
- transactional lending and the retention of title over cargoes
- security provisions and measures including:
- guarantees
- performance bonds
- standby letters of credit
- warehouse warrants
- hedging arrangements
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How our team will work with you
You can rely on a team of trade and commodities experts with an enviable reputation within the biofuel, sugar, steel, grains and energy markets. We can identify potential pitfalls and advise you in straightforward situations or where you are facing a dispute. In high-pressure, urgent cases we can give you ‘real-time’ attention, where necessary.
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Our clients
Wherever you sit in the supply chain we’ve got experience to help your financing arrangements run effectively and safely. We work with:
- producers
- global traders – both buyers and sellers
- financiers and specialist lenders
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