Trade finance
We advise on all aspects of trade
finance.
These include documentary and standby
letters of credit, export and pre-export facilities, guarantee
issuance facilities, carriage of goods' contracts and shipping
terms, receivables' financing, factoring and discounting
arrangements.
Our clients include both banks and
trading companies, operating in industry sectors from gold and
steel to agricultural products. We advise them on transactions
ranging from highly bespoke bilateral deals to multi-million pound
syndicated financing for major oil and energy corporations.
We have a strong banking practice that
gives us an in-depth understanding of banking procedures and
payment systems, and a strong derivatives practice with real
expertise in all forms of hedging products, commodities and futures
trading. Our team is further supported by specialist tax experts on both domestic and international
tax issues while our lawyers are experienced in dealing with
international transactions, large or small, and can provide truly
comprehensive and integrated multi-jurisdictional legal advice.