Lovells' structured commodity and export finance team acts for a range of clients based in business centres around the world. They include European, North American and Asian lenders, major trading houses and producers. Our geographical experience includes metal exports from Africa, syndicated oil prefinancings in Russia and the Middle East and soft commodity financing in South America. We have also been involved in Shari'ah financing, to which commodity and export finance structures are well suited.
Our specialist lawyers appreciate the need to provide accurate, cost-effective legal advice, which takes account of the commercial realities of the transaction. Our experience means clients are not paying for us to gain expertise in the often complex legal structures involved in commodity and export finance transactions and our global reach enables us to meet the needs of clients wherever they conduct business.
We consider it essential that we function as part of a team with our clients and their other professional advisers. This approach of co-operation and pragmatism produces commercially-minded advice focused on providing solutions and exploring opportunities.
Recent awards….
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Deal of the Year 2007 for Duferco, Switzerland (Trade & Forfaiting Review) – Lovells advised BNP Paribas on a US$325 million borrowing base facility for Duferco, Switzerland
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Deal of the Year 2007 for Al-Bilad Islamic Bank for Investment and Finance, Iraq (Trade & Forfaiting Review) – Lovells advised Citibank UAE on the US$100 million letter of credit re-issuance programme for Al-Bilad Islamic Bank
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Deal of the Year 2007 for Lonestar Drilling Nigeria Limited (Trade Finance Magazine) - Lovells advised African Export Import Bank as Mandated Lead Arranger on a US$100 million syndicated oil service contract pre-financing facility for Lonestar
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Deal of the Year 2007 for Geonet (Trade Finance Magazine) – Lovells advised Banco Espirito-Santo S.A. in connection with a US$45 million working capital, credit and letter of credit facility to Geonet Ethanol LLC, as US Virgin Islands company that has built an ethanol dehydration facility on the island of St Croix
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Deal of the Year 2007 for SIAT (Trade Finance Magazine) – Lovells advised on an ECA-backed medium-term facility for the acquisition of a rubber plantation company in République de Côte d’Ivoire, acting for KBC Bank N.V. as Lender