International trade and commodities
We have significant expertise in international trade matters and advise on the drafting of sale/purchase contracts to comply with import and export control, along with associated documentation including documentary credits, prepayment facilities, structured trade finance and collections account mechanisms.
Where disputes arise, we have extensive experience of handling cases in the commercial courts of England and Germany, and in arbitration before the leading London and Hamburg commodity association tribunals.
Our clients include international traders, producers, manufacturers, importers and exporters. Our range of expertise includes international commodity contracts (including oil, gas, coal, steel, grain and feed, rice, edible oil, sugar, coffee and cocoa), arbitrations under the rules of various institutions including ICC, LCIA and DIS, trade arbitrations before bodies such as GAFTA, FOSFA, RSA, SAL, FCC, Hamburger freundschaftliche Arbitrage, Waren-Verein Hamburger Börse etc, demurrage claims, letters of credit and quality claims.