Ian Clements
UK Guide 2025
Band 2 : Commodities: Trade Finance
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Band 2
About
Provided by Ian Clements
Practice Areas
Since qualifying as a solicitor in England and Wales in 2009, Ian has focused on international structured trade and commodity finance transactions, including the production, transportation and sale of commodities, and receivables financing and invoice discounting transactions.
Ian acts for banks, borrowers and commodities trading houses and has particular experience of borrowing base, pre-export, prepayment and Islamic financing structures as well as extensive general banking experience.
Chambers Review
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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.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"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."
"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."