Stephenson Harwood

Maritime, trade & offshore

Philip is an experienced commodities trade finance partner whose work covers the financing of the international supply of energy and hard and soft commodities with a focus on the finance, security and other transactional documents which include all related sale and purchase, logistics, storage and insurance contracts.

He has acted for a wide range of clients in the commodities trade finance sector including traders, banks, other financial institutions, suppliers, sellers and purchasers as well as intermediaries. He has acted in relation to all structures including prepays, inventory, limited recourse, receivables and repo financings.

Philip also focuses on digital trade finance and technologies including expertise in blockchain systems, digital assets including crypto assets, smart contracts and in advising start-ups/spin-offs in relation to innovative digital projects including digital trade sale and purchase platforms.

Philip has considerable experience in acting on the finance and security aspects of major restructurings of entities within the global commodities market.