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Our experienceThe following is a selection of transactions undertaken by our lawyers in this area.EUROPE• Advising Standard Chartered Bank on a US$50m senior debt and US$10m juniordebt facility to a Greek oil company• Advising Standard Chartered Bank on regulatory capital issues concerning a£63,000,000 transactionally secured facility to a trading house• Advising Lloyds TSB Bank plc on a US$25m structured trade financing facility toa Swiss trading company involving security over fertiliser stocks in Russia and theBaltic States• Advising on the terms of a standard form bank mandate and account opening form• Advising a US bank as participant in documentation for the participation of tradefinance facilities• Advising BHP Billiton on its trade finance documentation with various banks• Advising Fortis on a receivables facility for Terex Corporation and its UK, German,French and Italian subsidiaries• Advising the lender on its participation in a US$250m receivables purchase facilityfor a major automotive manufacturer• Advising Intesa Sanpaolo in relation to a €45m SACE backed facility for the exportof steel rolling plant to a Ukrainian borrower6
• Advising a Middle Eastern bank on a £45m invoice discounting and letter of creditfacility for the financing of international trade in manufactured household goods• Advising Fortis Bank on a £120m secured working capital facility to a trader inpetroleum products• Advising a major French bank in an unusual High Court action brought to enforcethe bank’s security over goods in transit over which the bank had security for theapplicant’s payment obligation. The case involved an expedited trial againstowners, charterers and consignees during the court vacation and the detention ofthe vessel at sea whilst the bank’s claim was settled• Advising a major European bank in an action concerning the scope of the fraudexception under UCP 500 in respect of deferred payment credits. The case islikely to be a leading authority in this area• Acting for a large European multi-national involved in metals trading andmanufacture in its arbitration claim for more than US$100m arising from acollapsed trade financing deal which involved Islamic and traditional bank preexportfinancing• Advising the lender on a US$30m revolving credit facility, including FX, moneymarket and derivative products for a shipping company structured as a borrowingbase facility with security over trade receivables• Advising a shipping company in relation to forward freight agreements with aseries of financial institution counterparties• Advising Europe Arab Bank plc on a transactionally secured facility to an Englishcompany to finance trade in frozen fish and seafoodAFRICA7
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