Notice. We are a boutique trade and capital advisory firm. We provide underwriting support, structuring, and private capital introductions for corporate clients. We are not a bank, lender, credit insurer, broker dealer, or retail investment adviser and do not issue loans, letters of credit, Standby Letters of Credit, guarantees, or insurance products. Any facility or instrument is provided by regulated counterparties under their own approvals and documentation. All transactions are subject to KYC and AML checks, sanctions screening, credit committee decisions, independent legal and tax advice on the client side, and formal agreements with those regulated entities.
Trade Finance Advisory Services
You can have signed contracts, a buyer, and a supplier, and still fail to fund. Not because the trade is not real, but because the structure is not underwriteable.
Trade finance capital has tightened across banks and private credit. The trade finance gap is driven by higher compliance friction, balance sheet constraints, and lender insistence on control, monitoring, and enforceability. At USD 10,000,000 and above, minor weaknesses become deal killers.
We run full-scope mandates from underwriting and structuring through lender engagement, term sheet negotiation, documentation coordination, and closing management for commodity and goods trade flows.
Minimum transaction size: USD 10,000,000.
Request a quoteWhat We Do
- Underwriting support and credit packaging built for lender credit committee review.
- Structuring: facility selection, collateral logic, controls, covenants, and reporting cadence.
- Targeted lender engagement and introductions aligned to product, route, and risk policy.
- Execution management through term sheet to definitive documentation and closing.
What A $10M+ Deal Must Prove
- Counterparty diligence that survives scrutiny and sanctions screening.
- Documentary discipline: contracts, Incoterms, logistics, inspection, and insurance.
- Enforceable collateral and control: title, pledge, assignments, and third-party control.
- Monitorability: borrowing base logic, eligibility criteria, reserves, and reporting.
Common Funding Types We Advise On
The correct solution depends on the trade cycle, counterparties, and what can be controlled at each step. We advise across working capital facilities and trade instruments, including:
- Revolving Credit Facilities for repeatable trade flow, often with borrowing base mechanics.
- Borrowing Base Facilities secured by eligible receivables and inventory, with reserves and concentration limits.
- Inventory Finance with third-party control, collateral management, or warehouse control agreements.
- Receivables Finance and invoice discounting against approved obligors and verified performance.
- Pre-export Finance and structured prepayment where supply programs and controls support it.
- Documentary Letters of Credit, including confirmations, and structures aligned to documentary requirements.
- Standby Letters of Credit used within compliant trade structures where rules and parties support the use case.
- Documentary Collections and other documentary payment structures when appropriate to risk allocation.
If your request mentions a Documentary Letter of Credit or a Standby Letter of Credit, we align the structure to the correct rule set, documentary flow, and control points so it can be evaluated by the right desks.
Underwriting Support And Credit Packaging
Underwriting is where mandates succeed or quietly die. We build a lender-ready pack that anticipates committee questions and removes avoidable ambiguity.
- Transaction memo and credit narrative aligned to lender policy language.
- Counterparty mapping and diligence checklist, including KYC and AML readiness.
- Trade cycle mapping: cash conversion cycle, control points, and failure modes.
- Risk controls: inspection, insurance, price risk framing, and documentary controls.
- Financial and operational evidence packaged for review, including track record.
Structuring, Controls, And Covenant Logic
Lenders fund enforceability. We design the structure so controls and monitoring are credible, not theoretical.
- Collateral scope and perfection strategy: pledge, assignment, security interests, and control agreements.
- Borrowing base mechanics: eligibility criteria, reserves, concentrations, and audit rights.
- Conditions precedent and operational readiness requirements.
- Reporting cadence and monitoring framework suited to a revolving facility.
- Term sheet review support, including covenants, events of default, and operational undertakings.
Full-Scope Mandate Coverage
Clients hire a boutique advisor to run the mandate end-to-end with disciplined control. We cover the full arc of execution while coordinating regulated counterparties and specialist partners where required.
- Facility strategy, lender fit assessment, and market sounding based on realistic underwriting constraints.
- Submission file assembly and iteration based on lender feedback.
- Term sheet negotiation support within structure and documentation logic.
- Coordination with external legal counsel, collateral agents, inspectors, and insurance brokers as needed by the structure.
- Closing management through definitive documents, controls onboarding, and facility activation or instrument issuance.
Who This Is For
We focus on corporate clients with verifiable activity and operational control.
- Commodity and goods traders with repeatable flow and documented counterparties.
- Post-revenue platforms able to support monitoring, reporting, and controls.
- Management teams with transparent ownership and clean corporate structure.
- Transactions where enforceable control over goods or receivables is feasible.
What Slows Deals Down
These issues are common. They are fixable, but only if addressed early.
- Incomplete KYC and AML readiness, or opaque ownership and control.
- Weak documentary alignment: contracts, Incoterms, and logistics not matching the facility.
- Unclear title and collateral enforceability, or no credible third-party control option.
- Counterparties that cannot be diligenced to a lender’s standard.
Indicative Timeline To Close
Timelines are driven by diligence quality, responsiveness of counterparties, collateral controls, and jurisdiction. For USD 10,000,000+ mandates, a practical expectation from intake to facility activation is typically 4 to 10 weeks.
- Week 1: intake, underwriting workplan, structure selection, initial lender fit.
- Weeks 2 to 3: submission pack finalized, market approach, initial term indications.
- Weeks 3 to 6: diligence, KYC and AML, sanctions screening, control provider onboarding.
- Weeks 6 to 10: definitive documentation, conditions precedent, activation or issuance.
Where a client has a complete pack and controls are straightforward, timelines compress. Where collateral enforceability or counterparties are complex, timelines extend.
What We Need To Issue A Quote
Provide a concise, complete pack and the quote process moves quickly.
- Corporate profile, ownership chart, and baseline KYC set.
- Recent financials and a short trade performance summary.
- Executed or advanced-stage supply and sales contracts.
- Route, Incoterms, logistics plan, inspection approach, and insurance status.
- Target facility size, timing constraints, and the transaction cycle.
FAQ
Do you guarantee funding or issuance?
- No. Banks and private credit lenders make independent credit decisions. Our mandate is underwriting support, structuring, and introductions to aligned regulated counterparties.
What is the minimum transaction size?
- USD 10,000,000. Below that threshold, the underwriting workload and control requirements often make structured mandates inefficient.
Can you support Revolving Credit Facilities and Borrowing Base Facilities?
- Yes. We support facility selection, borrowing base mechanics, eligibility criteria, reserves, covenant framing, and reporting and monitoring design.
Do you advise on Documentary Letters of Credit and Standby Letters of Credit?
- Yes, where the structure, counterparties, and documentary flow support the use case. We align the submission to documentary requirements and the underlying payment mechanics.
What makes a trade finance request fail underwriting?
- Weak control over goods or receivables, unclear title, thin documentation, or counterparties that cannot be diligenced. Most declines are enforceability issues, not commercial intent.
How quickly can we get to lender conversations?
- Once intake is complete and the submission pack is committee-ready, outreach can begin immediately. The time driver is usually data quality and control readiness, not outreach.
What is the fastest way to receive a quote?
- Submit your transaction summary, contracts, route and Incoterms, target volumes, and corporate KYC set through the contact page. We revert with scope and commercial terms.
If your transaction is USD 10,000,000 and above and you want a lender-ready structure with disciplined underwriting support, submit your pack and receive a quote.
Request a quoteDisclosure. We provide structuring, modelling, underwriting support, and private capital introduction services for corporate clients. We do not accept client money and do not originate or issue loans, letters of credit, Standby Letters of Credit, guarantees, or insurance products. Any facility or instrument is provided by regulated counterparties under their own licences, terms, and documentation. Nothing on this page is a recommendation or a solicitation to buy or sell any security or regulated financial product. All engagements are subject to internal approval, conflict checks, applicable KYC and AML checks, and sanctions screening where required, as well as the terms of a formal engagement letter.
