Linklaters LLP

Linklaters LLP has a large cross-practice commodities group that brings unique insight into the regulatory, business and legal issues affecting global commodities markets, and within that it has specialists in trade finance who focus on the more complex, high-value and innovative transactions in the market. Building on the global firm’s extensive work in energy, natural resources and mining, the trade finance group is able to leverage key relationships with banks, trading houses, and other key players to advise on pre-payment facilities, the establishment of commodity trading platforms, and inventory monetisation. Co-head of the global commodities group Jeremy Gewirtz has decades of experience in commodities transactions and energy trading, whilst Toby Grimstone excels in pre-export and pre-payment financings, ECA-backed deals, borrowing base facilities and other structured transactions. Thomas Chappatte and Ildar Bagautdinov are part of the next generation of experts in complex and ground-breaking trade finance deals.