Trade & Commodities Finance - wfw.com

• Advising a commodity trader on a US$10m prepayment of a Russian oil producerin relation to the delivery of crude oil• Advising an international energy trader on the pre-financing of gasoil in a productsharing arrangement in respect of nationally controlled oil and gas fields inUzbekistan• Advising a Middle Eastern bank in its participation in the US$1bn pre-exportfinance loan to Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation, secured on receivablesfrom the sales of ferro-alloys produced by JSC Transnational CompanyKazchrome in Kazakhstan• Advising a major commodities house as offtaker and risk participant in a US$1bnmetals financing in the CISASIA• Advising BHP Billiton on general trade finance matters• Advising Deutsche Bank AG (Structured Trade & Export Finance team) on itsUS$95m bilateral inventory financing facility provided to PT Tripanca Group inIndonesia. Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch acted as the sole arranger andDeutsche Bank AG, Jakarta Branch acted as the sole lender. The facility wasstructured as a revolver with 1 year tenor and secured by new inventory (coffeebeans) to be financed under the facility. The deal structure involved tripartitecollateral management agreement among the borrower, the lender and thecollateral manager (appointed by the lender) for the purpose of providing themarked-to-market valuation of the inventory on a weekly basis• Advising an international energy trader on sale and purchase arrangements withSingapore and Indonesian counterparties and preparing documentation in relationto the purchase of petroleum products under a renewable term pre-financingfacility of US$260m13