End-To-End Capital Raising For Global Trade Finance Deals

Instruments And Facilities We Arrange End To End

Why Companies Raise Trade Finance Capital

• Cash leaves before cash returns. Facilities bridge deposits, production costs, freight, duties, and receivable timing.
• Counterparties demand certainty. Sellers seek documentary control or confirmed payment. Buyers seek an on-demand remedy for non-delivery.
• Tenor mismatches are real. Buyers request one hundred twenty to one hundred eighty days to sell down inventory while sellers expect cash at shipment. Structured letters of credit and discounting connect both sides.
• Deposits stall projects. Guarantees or standby undertakings can replace cash or shorten lock-up periods.
• Scale needs discipline. Repeat flows require lines with clear draw mechanics, measurement, and governance.

Our End-To-End Mandate And Chaperoned Engagement

We are the arranger and transaction lead. Engagement with lenders, funds, insurers, and export credit agencies is chaperoned so we can work through credit, documentation, and issuance without side-tracks. One file, one point of contact, and a straight path to closing.

1. Intake And Proof Of Trade. Contract or purchase order, Incoterms, shipment or production plan, and insurance are reviewed. If the flow is not real, the file is closed.
2. Structure And Controls. We decide the instrument mix and funding route. Draw mechanics, reimbursement paths, assignment of proceeds, pledges, and controlled accounts are set at the start.
3. Drafting And Wording. Documentary credits, standby undertakings, and guarantees are drafted line by line. Presentation periods, original document counts, inspection logic, and certificate issuers are specified. Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication messages for issuance, amendment, and reimbursement are mapped in advance.
4. Underwriting Pack. Bank-readable cash flow model, shipment or milestone schedule, collateral narrative, counterparty screening, sanctions checks, and a concise data room. Borrowing base templates are added where receivables or stock are in scope.
5. Distribution. Targeted approach to banks for issuance and confirmation, trade funds and private credit for lines and term loans, insurers and export credit agencies for risk transfer, and capital markets intermediaries for Medium-Term Notes or private placements under Rule 144A and Regulation D.
6. Term Sheets And Negotiation. We aim for comparable proposals for clean files, push spreads into a fair band for the risk, remove non-core fee lines, and lock an execution plan that operations can meet.
7. Closing, Issuance, And Monitoring. Conditions precedent, account control, delivery of instruments and funding availability, and monitoring to first presentation or first draw.

Access To Banks, Funds, Insurers, And Capital Markets

• Commercial Banks. Issuance of documentary credits and standby undertakings, confirmations, reimbursing roles, receivables and inventory lines, and revolving credit facilities.
• Private Credit Funds. Bilateral and club facilities with asset security, step-in rights, and reporting built around the trade cycle.
• Trade Finance Funds And Forfaiters. Purchases of short-tenor paper, avalised bills, and obligations backed by documentary credits.
• Insurers And Export Credit Agencies. Short-term trade credit policies, political risk cover, and export-linked guarantees where content qualifies.
• Capital Markets Intermediaries. Medium-Term Note programs and private placements with trustee and paying agent coordination and insurance wraps where investor criteria require.

Control Framework And Wording Standards That Banks Accept

• Goods description, Incoterms, latest shipment, presentation periods, and original document counts mirror the commercial contract and logistics reality.
• Named inspection and certificate issuers where practical so evidence is objective and repeatable.
• Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication message map for issuance, amendments, and reimbursement including message type 700 or message type 710, message type 742, message type 760, message type 767, and status updates via message type 799 where they add clarity.
• Notice of assignment and controlled collection accounts for receivables structures. Collateral management agreements and audit rights for stock.
• Hedge documentation aligned to shipment and receivable maturity dates so currency exposure is visible and bounded.

Risk Transfer That Unlocks Capacity And Pricing

Special Purpose Vehicle, Segregation, And Governance

Where segregation improves bank comfort or investor reach, we set a special purpose vehicle with a nominee director, dedicated accounts, intercompany agreements, and step-in rights for funders. True sale conditions are documented for receivable purchases. Eligibility rules, concentration caps, stop-purchase triggers, and reporting are defined upfront so numbers are reliable and disputes are avoided.

Economics, Covenants, And Negotiation Focus

• Pricing Drivers. Counterparty strength, country risk, tenor, currency, document set, confirmation capacity, and any insurance support.
• Fee Discipline. We remove non-core line items at term sheet stage and make Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication and advising charges explicit to prevent later disputes.
• Operational Tests. Borrowing base formulas, aging and dilution tests, inspection rights, and reporting aligned to how the business actually operates.

Scenario Playbook

1. New Buyer In A Higher-Risk Jurisdiction. Confirmed documentary credit with discount at sight for cash at shipment. If confirmation capacity is thin, pair a documentary credit with trade credit insurance and a receivables line. Avoid open account until performance history exists.
2. Supplier Demands A Significant Deposit. Replace cash with an advance payment guarantee or a standby letter of credit for refund risk. If cash is unavoidable, fund through purchase order financing and hold in a pledged account with milestone releases.
3. Distributor Needs One Hundred Twenty Days To Sell Down Inventory. Usance documentary credit or Usance Payable At Sight with a confirmed discount agreement fixed before shipment and documented in the issuance flow.
4. Commodity Trader With Storage And Transit Exposure. Borrowing base across receivables and stock, tri-party collateral management, title transfer in transit, and a currency hedge tied to outturn and collection dates.
5. Program Funding Beyond Bank Limits. Medium-Term Notes or a private placement under Rule 144A or Regulation D with an insurance wrap if this widens investor demand. Use proceeds to fund receivable purchases or inventory availability.

Eligibility And Documents To Begin

Frequent Issues We Address Early

• Presentation periods that do not match real transit times.
• Open-ended drawing language in standby undertakings and guarantees.
• Confirmation requested after issuance when capacity has already been allocated elsewhere.
• Receivable pools with weak debtor data, missing assignments, or inconsistent aging.
• Currency exposures not mapped to shipment and collection dates.

This page addresses corporate users. Nothing here is a commitment to lend, insure, or invest. All services are subject to know-your-customer checks, anti-money-laundering controls, sanctions compliance, and approvals by banks, funds, insurers, and, where relevant, export credit agencies and investors. We work on a best-efforts basis and all lender and investor communications are chaperoned.