Butuner Law Office

Butuner Law Office has built a reputation for its experience and knowledge in trade and commodity finance transactions. The firm’s strength in the Banking industry, combined with our expertise in International Trade and Commodities, provides the necessary skills to document innovative yet secure structures for the financing of international trade. We advise trading clients, export credit agencies and banks in a wide range of transactions and disputes. We use techniques such as factoring, letters of credit, receivables financing, pre-export financings and structured trade financings. The combination of the firm’s market leading ability in commodities and complimentary strengths in banking, shipping, insurance, tax and insolvency provides the skills to document innovative yet secure structures for international trade financing. Among other things, we regularly advise on: • advising on establishing pre-financing and other commodity financing structures in a number of jurisdictions • advising on insurance issues in support of trade finance agreements • advising on the effects of economic sanctions • banking facilities including letter of credit facilities, forfaiting and bill discounting facilities • contract terms, including general terms and conditions for trading • negotiating and drafting collateral management agreements on behalf of lenders and traders • other trade finance facilities such as facilities for the financing of commodity exchange margins • pre export financing and other commodity financing structures in a number of jurisdictions • advice in connection with the interpretation of OTC derivatives products • regulatory matters affecting derivatives trading and financing • setting up an Internet-based commodities exchange • warehousing and storage transactions in a number of jurisdictions