Notice. FG Capital Advisors is a trade and capital advisory firm focused on commodities, structured trade finance, and private credit. The firm provides financial modelling, due diligence support, structuring, and sponsor side advice around borrowing base facilities, inventory and receivables finance, SBLC and LC backed structures, and related working capital solutions. FG Capital Advisors is not a bank, lender, credit insurer, broker dealer, or retail investment adviser and does not issue loans, guarantees, or insurance products. Any facility, guarantee, LC, or investment is provided by regulated counterparties under their own licences and documentation. All potential transactions are subject to KYC and AML checks, sanctions screening, credit and investment committee decisions, independent legal and tax advice on the client side, and formal agreements with those regulated entities.
Trade Finance Consulting
Trade intensive businesses sit between tightening bank credit appetite, volatile commodity and FX curves, and counterparties that still expect firm terms and reliable performance. Generic working capital lines or one off letters of credit rarely match the actual risk profile of flows, contracts, and collateral.
FG Capital Advisors provides trade finance consulting for corporates, trading houses, and project sponsors that need institutional grade structuring, financial modelling, and capital placement for real transactions. Mandates are handled with the same discipline applied by investment banks and lender credit teams, so proposals can survive detailed scrutiny rather than stall at first committee.
Request Trade Finance ConsultationFull Scope Trade Finance Services
Trade finance consulting at FG Capital Advisors covers the entire chain from internal preparation through to lender engagement and closing. The work is designed so that every step produces material that can sit directly in credit files, investment packs, and board papers.
- Initial feasibility and structuring options for trade and commodity facilities based on real flows, contracts, and counterparties.
- Commercial due diligence on trade flows, contract terms, margin stability, and counterparty performance history, integrated into the credit story.
- Financial modelling of facilities, including borrowing base behaviour, liquidity profiles, stress cases on volumes and pricing, and lender and sponsor economics.
- Trade finance structuring across borrowing bases, pre export and prepayment facilities, inventory finance, receivables purchase, and LC or guarantee backed lines.
- Documentation support on term sheets, covenant grids, collateral and security frameworks, and information undertakings, working alongside external legal counsel.
- Lender and investor mapping, shortlisting, and controlled outreach to suitable banks, funds, and specialist credit providers.
- Coordination of lender enquiries, data room preparation, clarifications, and process management through to credit approvals and documentation.
- Post closing support on monitoring frameworks, covenant management, and preparation for future upsizes or refinancing.
Every engagement is scoped so that the sponsor knows exactly which deliverables will be produced and how they will be used in the financing process.
Core Trade Finance Consulting Lines
Within trade finance consulting, FG Capital Advisors delivers a defined set of service lines that correspond to how banks and funds organise their own products and risk ownership.
- Structured Trade & Commodity Finance Advisory Design and optimisation of borrowing base, pre export, and prepayment facilities for commodity flows, distribution chains, and project linked offtake, including collateral, advance rates, and cash sweep mechanics.
- Trade Finance Structuring & Working Capital Facilities Structuring of revolving trade lines that integrate payables, receivables, inventory, and LC usage into a coherent facility with clear covenants, limits, and monitoring.
- SBLC, Bank Guarantees & Trade LC Structuring Advisory Sponsor side support for SBLCs, bank guarantees, DLCs, and UPAS LCs tied to specific contracts and obligations, including interaction with bank credit policies and security requirements.
- Receivables & Supply Chain Finance Advisory Design of receivables purchase, factoring, and payables finance programmes, including eligibility criteria, dilution assumptions, obligor limits, and interaction with existing banking lines.
- Export & Agency Finance Advisory Structuring for transactions that may benefit from export credit agencies or development finance institutions where eligible, including alignment with content rules and policy expectations.
- Trade Facility Restructuring & Covenant Reset Work on stressed or outdated trade facilities where covenants, collateral coverage, or usage patterns need to be re cut before a renewal or refinance is realistic.
- Trade Risk, Documentation & Compliance Support Advisory around trade contracts, LC wording, sanctions and KYC expectations from lenders, and alignment between commercial intent and legal documentation.
Sponsors can mandate one line or combine several into a single integrated trade finance consulting mandate, depending on size and complexity.
Partners, Execution Model, And Track Record Orientation
FG Capital Advisors operates as a sponsor side advisor and structuring shop, working alongside a network of regulated banks, funds, and specialist intermediaries. Partners are selected for their existing appetite in the relevant countries, sectors, and ticket sizes, so that mandates are routed toward counterparties already active in similar risk.
Mandates often bring in external professionals such as local legal counsel, collateral managers, insurers, and technical consultants where the risk profile requires it. FG Capital Advisors coordinates these inputs at the commercial and credit level so that the lender pack remains coherent and decision ready.
The focus is on transactions backed by real balance sheets, audited financials, and identifiable trade flows. That typically includes commodity trading houses, importers and distributors, industrials with trade linked raw material and offtake exposures, and project sponsors with contracted revenue. The advisory model is built for clients who expect their advisors to think like credit officers, not intermediaries passing on documents.
Engagement Model & Pricing
Trade finance consulting mandates are priced for sponsors that understand the value of serious structuring and preparation. Fees are transparent, quoted in writing, and paid by bank transfer. Third party costs such as legal counsel, collateral managers, or auditors are always separate.
- Trade Finance Diagnostic & Options Review High level assessment of trade flows, existing facilities, and realistic financing options, with a short written memo on structure and bankability. Typical fee range USD 15,000 to 30,000.
- Full Trade Finance Consulting Mandate One borrower and one core trade facility or programme, including structuring, modelling, lender pack, and support through initial lender engagement. Typical fee range USD 40,000 to 95,000, depending on scope, data quality, and number of counterparties.
- Multi Facility or Multi Country Programme Complex mandates involving several facilities, jurisdictions, or lender groups. Typical fee range USD 100,000 to 250,000+.
As a baseline, at least fifty percent of advisory fees are payable on signing the engagement letter, with the balance due on delivery of the agreed core outputs. Success based or participation economics, where permitted by regulation and by counterparties, are always additional and never a substitute for advisory fees.
If the available budget for professional trade finance consulting is materially below approximately USD 20,000, this service will not be a fit. Sponsors should approach FG Capital Advisors when they are ready to fund a serious process and share complete information.
How A Trade Finance Consulting Mandate Runs
While each transaction is different, most mandates follow a disciplined sequence that mirrors how lenders review and approve facilities.
- 1. Objective setting and feasibility Clarification of the borrower profile, facility objectives, size, tenor, and constraints. Early view on what structures and counterparties are realistic.
- 2. Data gathering and analysis Collection of financials, trade data, contracts, and existing loan documentation. Analysis of margins, working capital cycles, counterparty concentration, and collateral pools.
- 3. Structuring and financial modelling Selection and design of appropriate structures, borrowing base mechanics, covenant framework, and cash flow models including stress cases and downside scenarios.
- 4. Lender mapping and shortlisting Identification of banks, funds, and credit providers with relevant mandate fit and risk appetite. Preparation of a controlled lender list, avoiding unfocused mass distribution.
- 5. Lender engagement and term sheet phase Circulation of packs, coordination of Q and A, and comparison of non binding indications and term sheets. Support for the sponsor in commercial negotiations.
- 6. Documentation and closing support Support alongside legal counsel as term sheets are converted into facility and security documentation, with continued focus on economics, covenants, and operational practicality.
- 7. Post closing review and monitoring framework Optional review of reporting templates, covenant monitoring, and early planning for future upsizing or refinancing.
The objective is not only to close one transaction but to leave the sponsor with a financing framework that lenders are willing to renew and scale.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are you a bank or a broker?
FG Capital Advisors is an advisory firm. It does not take deposits, lend money, issue guarantees, or act as a retail broker. The firm works on the sponsor side to prepare, structure, and present transactions in a form that banks, funds, and other regulated counterparties can approve under their own mandates. Any facility is entered into directly between the client and those institutions.
What deal sizes do you focus on?
Mandates usually involve requested facilities starting around USD 10 million, and often considerably larger where multi facility or multi country structures are involved. Very small tickets rarely justify the cost of serious advisory, legal, and lender resources.
Do you guarantee that you will raise financing?
No advisor or bank risk team can credibly guarantee funding. FG Capital Advisors focuses on structuring and presenting transactions so that they are credible candidates for approval by appropriate lenders. Final decisions always rest with the credit and investment committees of those institutions, and external factors such as market conditions and internal capacity can influence outcomes.
Do you work on a success fee only basis?
No. Trade finance consulting is charged on a fee basis as described in the pricing section. In some cases, and subject to regulation and counterparty consent, success based elements may be added for larger mandates, but they are always additional. Requests for success fee only engagement are not accepted.
Can you work with my existing banks and lenders?
Yes, provided there are no conflicts. Many mandates involve re structuring or expanding existing lines with current banking partners rather than replacing them. FG Capital Advisors can frame proposals and provide materials that help existing lenders approve revised structures within their internal constraints.
Which sectors and jurisdictions do you cover?
The focus is on trade intensive sectors such as commodities, energy, metals, agriculture, industrials with significant import and export flows, and selective infrastructure and project related exposures. Jurisdictions are assessed based on sanctions, regulatory constraints, and lender appetite. Engagements proceed only where there is realistic market capacity.
What information do you need before engaging?
At minimum, clients should be ready to share audited financial statements where available, management accounts, trade flow data, key contracts, corporate structure charts, and details of existing facilities and security. Early reluctance to share core information usually indicates that the mandate is not ready for institutional level financing.
How is confidentiality handled?
Confidential information is handled under appropriate non disclosure arrangements. Lender approaches are controlled and agreed in advance with the sponsor. Materials are shared only with counterparties that have a legitimate reason to review them for credit purposes.
Serious trade finance requires more than informal introductions and fragmented documents. It demands a coherent structure, a clear credit story, and counterparties that understand the flows they are financing.
If you are ready to treat trade finance as a strategic capital decision, share a concise overview of your business, facilities, and objectives. FG Capital Advisors will respond with a view on fit and a fixed fee quote within the ranges presented above.
Submit Trade Finance EnquiryDisclosure. FG Capital Advisors provides financial modelling, analytical, and advisory services. The firm does not originate, offer, or sell securities, loans, deposits, guarantees, or insurance products and does not accept client money. Any trade finance facility, SBLC, bank guarantee, documentary LC, UPAS LC, derivative, or investment product referenced on this page is carried out by regulated entities under their own licences, terms, and documentation. Trade finance consulting informs decisions that involve credit, performance, operational, legal, policy, and market risk. Nothing on this page is a recommendation or a solicitation to enter into any transaction or to buy or sell any financial product. Any engagement with FG Capital Advisors is subject to internal approval, conflict checks, KYC and AML checks and sanctions screening where required, and the terms of a formal engagement letter.
