A&O Shearman

A&O Shearman has ‘a dedicated trade finance team' and not simply 'an extra string to a financing partner’s more generalist bow’. The firm is known for its prowess and thought leadership in complex financing transactions, including highly structured trades, yet it is additionally active across the entire trade finance spectrum- from commodity finance to receivables and inventory monetisation transactions. ’Pragmatic, commercially-minded and very positive’ head of global trade and commodities Catherine Lang-Anderson is an indispensable adviser to banks, private equity sponsors, commodities traders, governments and regulators. Head of the export credit agency (ECA) practice Lorraine Bayliss and trade, commodities and emerging markets debt finance expert Greg Brown play pivotal roles in the practice. Bayliss recently advised senior lenders and cover providers on the €4.2bn greenfield project financing for the construction of the world’s first large-scale green steel plant in Sweden. The firm also calls on risk transfer specialist and co-head of global financial markets Guy Antrobus and derivatives expert Parya Badie.