Watson Farley & Williams LLP

Watson Farley & Williams LLP is a key adviser to banks, trading houses and independent companies active in the commodities sector. Sumeet Mahlotra in Singapore and London-based Philip Beswick lead the commodities and international trade practice, which draws upon significant financing expertise in the projects group. For example, Joe Levin, co-head of the global oil and gas practice, leads on upstream finance matters, while projects partner Paul Simpson also handles high-value transactions in the natural resources, power, infrastructure and energy sectors. Beswick and Levin recently assisted Kommunalkredit Austria with a new five-year €25m secured facility to fund the repayment of a reserves-based lending facility.