We provide lender-ready capital raise packaging and debt or equity placement support for business owners and buyers looking to secure serious term sheets and close funding on a defined timeline.
For business owners and acquirers pursuing private debt or equity, submit your deal for review. We revert within one working day with next steps and either a quote for our services.
For pre-submission discussions, we offer paid consultations. To initiate underwriting and lender outreach, submit the deal.
Trade Finance Execution And Structuring
When businesses search for a trade finance specialist, they are usually not looking for theory. They need someone who understands how real transactions fail and what fixes them: document discipline, cash flow control, repayment logic, compliance readiness, and lender-facing structuring that can survive underwriting.
Financely provides trade finance specialist support for commercial clients that need execution help across documentary credits, receivables-backed structures, borrowing-base logic, and transaction packaging for capital providers. The focus is practical deal work, not generic training.
A trade finance specialist sits at the point where commercial reality meets credit risk. The work is not limited to product names such as letters of credit, SBLCs, receivables finance, or inventory finance. The real job is to map risk, define controls, and structure a funding path that matches the trade cycle.
In practice, that means understanding counterparties, shipment flow, title transfer, payment routing, document risk, discrepancy exposure, collateral eligibility, and how lenders get repaid. It also means knowing when a transaction should not be routed because the file is not credible yet.
Companies that need documentary credit support, discrepancy reduction, and cleaner bank-facing files for repeat trade cycles.
Operators needing structured payment terms, controlled settlement, and financing logic tied to shipment execution and collections.
Teams dealing with working-capital strain, delayed collections, or lender pushback on documentation, controls, or collateral quality.
Parties that need a trade finance specialist to structure the transaction properly before lender outreach instead of sending weak files into the market.
Financely is a transaction-led advisory desk. We support commercial clients with trade finance specialist services where there is a real transaction, a real funding need, and a file that can be improved and routed.
| Service Area | What We Do | Why It Matters |
|---|---|---|
| Letter Of Credit Structuring | Review LC terms, payment mechanics, document conditions, and operational feasibility before issuance or amendment. | Poor LC wording creates avoidable discrepancies, delays, and refusals. |
| Document Discrepancy Review | Identify mismatch risk across invoices, transport documents, certificates, and LC conditions before presentation. | Discrepancies can delay payment, trigger waivers, or break cash flow timing. |
| Trade Cycle Structuring | Map sourcing, shipment, title, inspection, invoicing, and collection flow into a financeable transaction sequence. | Lenders underwrite controlled processes, not only commercial margins. |
| Borrowing Base And Eligibility Logic | Help define eligible receivables, inventory parameters, exclusions, concentration limits, and reporting expectations. | Weak collateral logic creates credit rejection and monitoring problems. |
| Controlled Accounts And Repayment Waterfalls | Structure repayment routes and collection control concepts so capital providers can see how they get paid first. | Repayment mechanics matter more than optimistic projections. |
| Lender-Ready Packaging And Routing | Prepare a cleaner file and route qualifying transactions to matched lenders or capital partners on a best-efforts basis. | Good placement starts with a file that can be underwritten. |
Teams keep losing time and credibility because document requirements are unclear, unrealistic, or not aligned with operations.
The company asks for working capital but cannot show how funds are controlled and repaid from a transaction cycle.
Buyers, suppliers, or logistics counterparties are real, but the file lacks the supporting contracts and evidence lenders expect.
Businesses ask for the wrong instrument because they are focused on labels instead of the actual risk and payment structure.
A trade finance specialist adds value when they translate commercial facts into a credit-ready file. The lender usually wants a consistent story across contracts, shipment flow, documents, counterparties, controls, and repayment.
| Underwriting Topic | What They Review | Why It Drives Decisions |
|---|---|---|
| Transaction Flow | Source of goods, shipment path, title transfer, inspection points, invoicing, and settlement timing. | The finance structure must match the real movement of goods and money. |
| Counterparty Quality | Buyer and supplier identity, track record, contract terms, and payment behavior. | Counterparty risk often drives whether the deal is financeable. |
| Documentation Discipline | Consistency across contracts, invoices, transport documents, certificates, and conditions. | Documentation breaks cause delays, disputes, and payment refusal risk. |
| Repayment Mechanics | Collection accounts, payment instructions, assignment mechanics, and waterfall priority. | Lenders focus on how capital returns, not only margin claims. |
| Compliance Readiness | KYC, AML, sanctions checks, ownership clarity, and commercial substantiation. | Weak compliance files stop deals before pricing is discussed. |
| Monitoring And Reporting | Shipment reporting, collateral reports, receivables aging, covenant reporting, and exception handling. | Providers need ongoing visibility during the transaction cycle. |
We support trade finance specialist work across multiple structures, depending on the transaction and repayment path. The right product is a result of the underwriting logic, not the starting point.
If you are still deciding what instrument fits, start with the trade cycle and repayment route. Product labels come after that. For broader context on our advisory scope, review what we do and how it works.
This process is built for commercial transactions that need structuring and execution support, not generic consulting calls.
Review the transaction, counterparties, instrument request, timelines, and funding objective to confirm there is a real case to work on.
Map goods flow, document flow, cash flow, and control points to identify where the transaction breaks and what structure fits.
Review contracts, document requirements, counterparty evidence, and compliance readiness to identify gaps before lender routing.
Build a cleaner file with proposed instrument logic, repayment mechanics, controls, and lender-facing documentation support.
Route qualifying files to relevant lenders or capital partners on a best-efforts basis, based on the transaction profile and risk fit.
Support review of indicative terms, conditions precedent, controls, and execution mechanics through closing readiness.
Financely provides trade finance specialist services as a transaction-led structuring and arranging desk. We help commercial clients tighten weak files, reduce document and repayment risk, and route qualifying transactions to lenders or capital partners.
We are most useful when the transaction is real, the timeline matters, and the internal team needs specialist support that matches how trade finance is actually underwritten and executed.
For active mandates, use deal submission. If you need broader capital advisory scope beyond trade finance specialist support, review our services.
Financely is not a bank and does not provide direct lending. Services are advisory and arranging support on a best-efforts basis. No financing approval, pricing, term, or closing outcome is guaranteed. All outcomes depend on underwriting, diligence, documentation quality, compliance checks, and third-party approvals.
If your team is dealing with LC wording problems, repeated discrepancies, trade-cycle funding gaps, or lender pushback on controls, we can review the file and help structure a lender-ready path.
Strong submissions include the transaction summary, counterparties, contracts, document requirements, funding objective, and repayment route. The faster the file is documented, the faster a serious review can happen.
This is built for commercial clients with real transactions and real deadlines.
A trade finance specialist structures and reviews trade transactions so payment, document, and repayment mechanics can work under lender or bank requirements.
Yes. LC discrepancy prevention and document review is a core use case, especially when repeated presentation issues are delaying payment.
No. We also support receivables structures, borrowing-base logic, controlled account repayment mechanics, and trade-cycle funding structures.
No. We structure and arrange on a best-efforts basis. Outcomes depend on underwriting, documentation, counterparties, and compliance results.
The best fit is a company with a real transaction, defined counterparties, and enough documentation to review and improve before lender routing.
This page is about live transaction support. We focus on structuring and execution for commercial deals, not general trade finance education.
Informational only for commercial audiences. This page is not legal advice, tax advice, or an offer to buy or sell securities. Instrument selection, documentation terms, and financing outcomes are transaction-specific and subject to underwriting, legal review, compliance checks, and definitive agreements.
Financely advises growth-focused businesses on accessing capital by introducing their opportunities to professional investors. Financely is not a securities broker or dealer. Where appropriate, engagements are coordinated with regulated broker-dealers, investment banks, legal counsel, and other specialists.
Financely does not solicit, offer, or accept orders to buy or sell securities and makes no assurance regarding capital-raising outcomes.
Services are strictly business-to-business. Financely does not provide personal finance, consumer credit, or retail advisory services.
Advisory services are reserved for post-revenue companies that recognize the time and resources required for professional underwriting.
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All mandates start with an RFQ. We review submissions, issue a brief Go/No-Go memo, and where bankable, release a Term Sheet that leads to funding. We arrange capital across Senior Secured, Unitranche, Second Lien/Mezzanine, Preferred Equity, and Gap Solutions. We do not process deals by email or chat.
Letters of Credit, Standby LCs, Confirmations, Receivables Finance, and Inventory Lines with control.
Funding arranged for trade flows with instruments sized to your cycle and aligned to delivery and settlement.
Move forward to secure working capital and keep goods moving. Submit the RFQ to start underwriting for funding.
Limited or non-recourse structures for energy and infrastructure with lender-ready materials.
Funding solutions aligned to project cash flows with credible covenants and conditions to reach notice to proceed.
Advance the file to termable status. Submit the RFQ so we can underwrite and secure funding.
Debt and Preferred solutions anchored on cash flow, Quality of Earnings, and clear closing mechanics.
Funding across senior, unitranche, and preferred to match stable cash flows and acquisition timelines.
Get financed on workable terms for closing. Submit the RFQ to start underwriting.
Acquisition, development, bridge, and refinance with lender-ready packs and third-party reports managed.
Funding calibrated to DSCR, leverage, and tenancy with terms designed to close.
Move to a financeable package. Submit the RFQ to initiate underwriting for funding.
KYC and Source of Funds required. Engagements are best-efforts and subject to underwriting. Preference for operating companies with meaningful revenue. See our FAQ and Procedure.
Financely Inc. (“Financely”) provides corporate-finance advice and is wholly owned by Aurora Bay Trust, a trust formed under Bahamian law, together with its authorized affiliates. Depending on deal structure, jurisdiction, and local rules, engagements may be carried out through Financely Group LLC, a non-deposit-taking, non-banking financial company; Ashford Capital Advisory LLC; or another related entity.
Financely and its affiliates are not registered as securities broker-dealers and do not execute securities transactions or hold client funds or securities. When a mandate involves the purchase or sale of securities and a registered intermediary is required, any orders are introduced to and executed by one or more independent U.S. broker-dealers registered with the SEC and FINRA. Those broker-dealers are solely responsible for trade execution, custody, and related regulatory obligations. Nothing in this material constitutes an offer, solicitation, or recommendation to buy or sell any security or to engage in any specific transaction. Before engaging Financely Group LLC, Ashford Capital Advisory LLC, or any affiliate, you are responsible for confirming that such engagement complies with your own legal, regulatory, tax, and other requirements. In the United States, certain advisory activities may be conducted in reliance on exemptions available under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, including the “foreign private adviser” exemption where applicable. Our services and regulatory status may vary by jurisdiction and by transaction type.
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