Current market conditions limit access to capital through traditional means. In response, companies seek innovative ways to grow their business or free up liquidity. Differentiated lending practices, including asset finance and asset-based lending, offer these opportunities.

Navigate your business through this evolving territory with lawyers from Dentons by your side. Together, we will help you reach your goals.

As you embark on this journey, you gain a forward-thinking guide with critical insight. Our lawyers possess experience advising businesses around the world through groundbreaking asset finance transactions.

Recognition

Dentons continues to increase its rankings in Chambers Global 2021 - Increases its share of women lawyers ranked

February 23, 2021

Dentons continues to increase its rankings around the world more than any other law firm and in 2020 Dentons again increased its Chambers and Legal 500 rankings, receiving 2,631 total rankings across 60 countries. These include 530 firm Band 1 and Band 2 rankings, an increase of 168% since 2014.

Insights

Lending against collateral why should collateral value matter for banks and financial institutions

August 3, 2023

Tanzania: The last couple of years have seen significant progress in the appreciation of the basic principles that lay the foundation for sound lending practices and the integrity of the financial services sector. The banking industry is one of the main drivers of the country’s economy, and this places a high standard of responsibility and accountability on all stakeholders to protect the basic principles that have been established over the years to protect banks and financial institutions from unscrupulous borrowers.

Sanctions – how can financiers of yachts and private jets stay ahead of the game?

July 14, 2022

Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, global sanctions lists have expanded dramatically and additions are being made regularly. New sanctions have taken aim not only at Russia's war machine, but also those closely connected to the Kremlin, Russia's central bank and Russia's broader economy. Some sanctions and export restrictions go so far as to target persons "connected with" Russia or equipment operating in or from Russia. The immediate impact of these sanctions upon oligarchs' private yachts and jets is well publicised, with images of seized yachts and jets splashed across the press.

Asset-Based Lending – a useful tool for 2022

26 February 2021 (Last updated 26 May 2022)

United Kingdom: Despite the impact of COVID-19 on overall lending activity and the wider economy, we have advised on a number of asset-based lending transactions in Scotland recently. New credit appetite has remained strong in sectors such as whisky, and food and drink more broadly, as examples.

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Dentons expands corporate and commercial lending capabilities with addition of partner Ira Cooper in Calgary

February 26, 2024

Dentons, Canada’s Global Law Firm, is pleased to announce the addition of Ira Cooper as a partner in the National Banking and Finance group.

Dentons advises HanseMerkur Grundvermögen on financing of GERCHGROUP’s Laurenz Carré development in Cologne

January 28, 2022

Global law firm Dentons has advised HanseMerkur Grundvermögen AG on the loan to GERCHGROUP to finance the purchase and initial development of the Laurenz Carré real estate project in Cologne.

Dentons advises banking consortium led by DZ BANK on a €105 million revolving credit facility for DXT Commodities

August 9, 2021

Global law firm Dentons has advised a banking consortium - led by DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral- und Genossenschaftsbank, Frankfurt am Main (DZ BANK) and comprising AKA Ausfuhrkredit-Gesellschaft, Erste Group Bank and KfW IPEX-Bank - on the successful closing of a €105 million revolving credit facility, including a letter of credit facility for DXT Commodities SA (DXT). DXT isan international trading house and leading player in the wholesale natural gas and power market, and a subsidiary of Duferco Participations Holding SA.

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