Commodities: Trade Finance
UK Guide 2025 : UK-wide
Band 2
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0207 242 1212About
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Trade and commodities finance
Our team has extensive experience in structuring, negotiating and documenting all types of commodity finance transactions and acts for the full range of operators through the commodity lifecycle and transaction chain, from assisting clients to finance the extraction of raw materials from the ground through to selling finished products to end users. We have extensive experience advising clients in commodity derivative transactions, commodity finance (including borrowing base facilities, prepayment structures and pre-export financing structures), export-credit agency backed facilities, trade finance, upstream activity (including reserve based lending) and transactionally secured lending. We advise on cross border deals, working in developing markets and worldwide, supported by our international network.
Energy commodities
The team have worked on transactions including inventory monetisation, commodity joint ventures and route-to-market trading arrangements. Clients of the practice include investment banks, commodity trading houses and utilities.
Receivables securitisation and structured finance
Our lawyers provide expert insight into receivables securitisation and structured financings, advising on a variety of transactions including an off balance sheet funding backed by carbon credits, a global trade receivables securitisation and supply chain financing and investing in bonds issued backed by supply chain finance receivables.
Chambers Review
Dentons offers advice on trade finance structures and notable structured prepayment expertise. The firm regularly handles multi-jurisdictional work in developing markets and worldwide, supported by the firm's international offices. It is adept at representing financial institutions and oil traders.
Work Highlights
- Dentons assisted the Ghana Cocoa Boardwith its USD800 million pre-export financing for Ghana's 2023/24 cocoa crop.
Strengths
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"Dentons has a unique ability to join expertise in multiple fields in a smooth and efficient way, as and when needed, to proactively advise and be a solution designer."
"Given Dentons' experience and their flexibility, they were able to understand and adapt very well."
"Dentons has an accomplished and experienced team who are contactable and ready to discuss and advise."
"Dentons has a unique ability to join expertise in multiple fields in a smooth and efficient way, as and when needed, to proactively advise and be a solution designer."
"Given Dentons' experience and their flexibility, they were able to understand and adapt very well."
"Dentons has an accomplished and experienced team who are contactable and ready to discuss and advise."
Notable Practitioners
Ian Clements advises notable clients on international structured trade finance and related transactions. He has considerable experience advising on receivables-backed financing and borrowing base facilities.
"Beyond his clear and outstanding technical advice, his sense of negotiation, ability to take the opposite seat and vision on the priorities have proved very helpful and efficient."
"Ian is very experienced. He is always there to answer any question and communicate very well. He is also very technical and offers a really strong performance."
"He is very knowledgeable, has a very calm character, is easy to work with and always delivers."
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Members
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Clients
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BNP Paribas
Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
Deutsche Bank
ING Bank
Lloyds Bank
Natixis
Standard Chartered Bank
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Vitol
Industries
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Banks
Energy
Financial Services
Government
Mining & Metals
Utilities