Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP has ‘highly knowledgeable lawyers with excellent business sense’. The firm acts for market participants across the entire commodities supply chain from producers through to trading companies and end users. Its work spans both soft and hard commodities, including oil and gas, chemicals, metals and mining, sugar, grain and coffee. The ’approachable, and knowledgeable’ George Mingay co-leads the practice with shipping and commodities specialist Mark Sachs, who has extensive experience in arbitrations in both London and Singapore. Mingay is on the legal panels of both the Sugar Association of London, and the Refined Sugar Association of London, and is a key adviser to the British Coffee Association. He also chairs the arbitration committee of the Minor Metals Trade Association. Commercial litigation partner Lisa Hillary is also a key member of the international trade, commodities, and shipping teams. The partners are backed up by a strong set of banking, finance and litigation associates.