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finance & security

Our firm represents lenders and borrowers in matters such as:

  • Documenting asset based (including leasing) finance transactions and related collateral packages. In that field our main focus is ship finance, logistics (trucks, warehouses, stevedoring facilities) and heavy industry.
  • Drafting of trade and trade finance documentation for a variety of commodity finance transactions, such as non-recourse or limited recourse financing, pre-export financing, warehouse financing, export credits, barter and countertrade.
  • Renegotiating or restructuring asset based or trade finance arrangements. Our firm is experienced in drafting a range of documentation required for restructuring existing finance arrangements, such as additional collateral documentation, additional corporate or private guarantees, amendments to existing MAC clauses, repayment and interest grace periods, etc.
  • Forced sale of collateral, such as mortgaged vessels and pledged moveables.