Commodity Trading
Commercially astute legal team providing comprehensive trading advice to commodity businesses.
Full range commodities legal service and expertise
Our market leading lawyers, specialising in commodities, advise clients looking to establish commodities trading desks, providing ongoing assistance and advice on trading issues as they arise.
Acting across the spectrum of the international sale of goods, including soft commodities, oil and gas, biofuels, iron and steel, non-ferrous and precious metals, and coal. We also advise and represent clients in their freight related businesses. We act for a global client base of multinational energy and chemical companies, soft commodity trading houses, trade finance banks, digital trading platforms, commodity exchanges, coal and metal traders, governments and their agencies, brokers, insurers and trade associations.
Our experience in Commodity Trading
Our team’s collective years of experience in advising on commodity transactions, financing, and dispute resolution has positioned them at the forefront of some of the leading cases in commodities law.
Advising on regulatory matters impacting commodity trading, particularly in relation to power and gas regulation, the borderline of financial regulation, and market abuse issues.
Documenting commodities transactions and trading relationships under standard agreements or bespoke terms.
Advising a number of the world’s largest soft commodity trading companies in relation to over 20 very significant FOSFA (soybean) arbitrations. Claims exceeded USD $150 million.
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