gunnercooke LLP
'The team seems to be very strong in the area of financial legislation', say clients of gunnercooke LLP which continues to build up its trade finance practice. The firm already has significant experience in commodities and finance partners Marc Weisberger and Veronika Koroleva, whose work spans structured commodity finance, trade and supply chain finance, receivables finance, and reserve-based lending. The arrival of Matthew Harvey from Gowling WLG adds expertise in lending transactions, for both lenders and borrowers, in asset and receivables finance. Weisberger recently acted for Torq Commodities AG in the financing of its expansion programme. 'They gave me a good feeling of being in control of the legislation, but at the same time offered possible scenarios where appropriate', remarks a client.
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Testimonials
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‘The team is very strong in the area of financial legislation.’
‘They gave me a good feeling of being in control, but at the same time offered possible scenarios where appropriate.’
Key clients
- SOCAR Trading SA
- Green Biofuels Limited
- Cabipa Nigeria Limited, Nigeria and Eterna plc, Nigeria
- Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Limited, London Branch
- Torq Commodities AG
- Barens CT SA
- Shard Credit Partners Ltd
- Korea Development Bank
Work highlights
- Advising Green Biofuels, a UK-based international trader of biofuels, on its trade finance, supply and equity investment with bp plc.
- Advising Torq, an international group trading in soft and agricultural commodities, on its expansion programme, worth between $5–20m.
- Advising Shard Credit Partners Ltd on the structuring and implementation of a new trade finance vehicle using sale and repurchase funding techniques, worth up to $50m.