Clients of Norton Rose Fulbright's finance practice are impressed by the 'expert market knowledge of supply chain financing and breadth of legal knowledge across a large number of jurisdictions'. The firm has a long track record in structured trade finance transactions and is taking a lead role in helping clients transition to digital transactions. It recently advised a global bank on structuring a new B2B payment solution based on receivables financing instruments. It also has one of the leading trade-related fintech practices, notably handling supply chain finance, and securitising trade receivables. Global head of trade finance Nicholas Grandage and newly promoted partner Tudor Plapcianu 'have excellent market knowledge and are both very personable and easy to deal with'. Andrew Wood recently acted for a multinational oil and gas exploration company in its oil marketing and off-take contracts with a major global trading house, alongside $400m in notes for liability management purposes. Mark Brighouse, who handles pre-export and prepayment transactions, Islamic finance, ownership and receivables finance and asset based lending, and structured finance partner Yusuf Battiwala also play pivotal roles in the practice.
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‘Andrew Wood is a great partner who steps in when necessary and delegates as appropriate the work to his team. They have a great experience with our work and are prompt in responding to requests and very professional and experienced. ’
‘Very flexible on ad hoc queries which makes them very easy to work with. Knowledgeable and happy to be proactive.’
‘Tudor Plapcianu and Nick Grandage have excellent market knowledge and are both very personable and easy to deal with. ’
‘The NRF team has true experts in the trade finance space and has a wealth of knowledge gained from representing multiple parties on trade finance transactions. Not many other firms have the depth and breadth of experience in this space.’
‘Andrew Wood is a standout partner. He is very knowledgeable and always available. He always delivers on time and efficiently.’
‘Expert market knowledge of supply chain financing and breadth of legal knowledge across a large number of jurisdictions..’
‘Tudor Plapcianu is an outstanding lawyer and has a unique understanding of our business. Tudor has always been responsive and proactive when advising us.’
Clients clés
- Africa Finance Corporation
- AIG
- BP
- BNP Paribas
- MUFG
- Citibank
- Coal India Limited (CIL)
- Commodities Markets Council
- Tullow Oil
- ING Bank
Points forts
- Aadvised global financial services firm Citi on structuring, in collaboration with Hokodo, a new B2B payment solution for renewable energy e-commerce marketplace Covento, which has been created by Vestas.
- Advised Ascot Underwriting Limited on the launch of a new facility supported by letters of credit to provide affordable insurance supporting the export of grain and other critical food supplies globally from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports.
- Advised EBRD in relation to its award-winning Trade Facilitation Programme, which involves documentation with numerous banks in EBRD’s countries of operation.
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Tudor Plapcianu
Responsable de la pratique
Nick Grandage
Autres avocats clés
Andrew Wood; Tudor Plapcianu; Mark Brighouse; Yusuf Battiwala