Our Trade Finance Practice Group represents various members of the international banking and finance community, as well as exporters and importers. We assist clients in a broad range of trade financings, both structured and unstructured, including
- letters of credit (usuance, standby and more exotic modalities)
- export credit agency transactions (guarantees and loans)
- political risk insurance
- cross-border loans (secured and unsecured)
- forfeiting, factoring, note purchase agreements and other discounting facilities (both buyer side and supplier side)
- future flow deals
- asset-based financing, leasing and tax-driven structures
- project finance
- structured project financing
- securitizations of cross-border receivables
- refinancings
- trading of assets
- underwriting and participations, including warehousing transactions, secondary market transactions, syndications, participations and securitizations of trade finance assets
- commodities purchase financing agreements
- negotiation of amendments to financing agreements in long-term commodities purchase and sale contracts
Our recent experience includes advising on
- note purchase agreements used in Latin American medium-term financing facilities
- documentation in a syndicated future flows-backed multiple currency loan facility to a Latin American steel producer