Norton Rose Fulbright

Norton Rose Fulbright‘s London office has ’a deep-rooted knowledge of trade finance’. Whether it is complex pre-payment financing techniques, including receivables purchase funding, or borrowing base facilities, metals lease transactions, and straightforward commodities financing, the firm is frequently involved in high-profile deals. Its trade-related fintech practice also leads the way in supply chain finance products, including recent deals in the telecom and payment intermediaries sectors. Global head of trade finance Nicholas (Nick) Grandage is the marquee name for particular financing of international trade flows and transactions in the commodities sector. The ‘extremely knowledgeable and accomplished’ Andrew Wood is also highly rated. He recently worked with Alexandra Semykina to assist specialist asset-based lender BZ Commercial Finance with a $70m receivables-based facility. Banking and finance partners Davide Barzilai and David Milligan are also heavily involved in trade finance transactions, while Tudor Plapcianu’s cross-border practice focuses on receivables and supply chain finance, structured finance and asset-backed transactions in both emerging and developed markets.