Dentons
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Dentons has a commodities, trade and upstream finance practice that has 'business acumen, a pragmatic approach and an awareness of the customer's need and this makes a real difference'. Ian Clements, who handles syndicated and bilateral borrowing base, pre-export and structured prepayment financings as well as bilateral transactionally secured trade finance facilities, leads the practice following the departure of Tim Pipe to Clyde & Co . Clements acted for the Ghana Cocoa Board in the pre-export financing of Ghana's 2022/23 cocoa crop with a potential value of $1.3bn. He also assisted ING Bank with the €365m refinancing of a secured uncommitted borrowing base facility based on Green Loan Principles. Key partner Simon Prendergast is an asset-based lending expert with significant experience in advising both lenders and corporate borrowers on cross-border transactions.
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Testimonials
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- 'Ian Clements and his team have a vast expertise on Trade Finance matters and trade finance bank products.'
- 'The team is good, approachable and they have business acumen, a pragmatic approach and an awareness of the customer's need and this makes a real difference.'
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Key clients
- ING Bank N.V.
- Ghana Cocoa Board
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Work highlights
- Advising Ghana Cocoa Board in relation to its annual syndicated receivables-backed pre-export financing facility. The up to USD1.3 billion facility will enable COCOBOD to finance the 2022/23 season cocoa crop for the benefit of Ghanaian cocoa producers.
- Advising Société Générale on its entry into a letter of credit issuing facility agreement with Maryland InvestCo Limited in respect of the issuance of a £260mn letter of credit in favour of The Crown Estate in connection with the development of the Outer Dowsing Offshore Windfarm Project.
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