Global trade is in constant flux: credit moves, markets emerge and sanctions restrict. Expanding trade—in regions like Africa, the CIS and Asia Pacific—introduces both opportunity and risk. Through a deeply collaborative and personalized approach, our lawyers and professionals help you thrive in this integrated and growing industry.

When you engage our team, your vision becomes our shared mission. However you fit into the trade and export landscape—as a lender or syndicate arranger, development bank, export credit agency, trader, commodity off-taker or other market player—we work closely with you so that your business can flourish in any market, emerging or developed.

Wherever in the world your business reaches, we have the jurisdiction-specific knowledge you need to achieve the outcomes you desire. And with our broad experience in other areas such as corporate lending, secured lending, syndicated facilities and club deals, project finance and asset finance, no transaction is too large and no financial technique is too complicated.

Throughout these efforts, our focus always remains on you—your business needs, your business risks, your perspective and your aspirations. From cross-continent commodity transactions to complex pre-finance facilities, you’ll always have trusted, sophisticated and insightful counsel at your side.

Insights

The UK-US Trade Deal

May 9, 2025

United Kingdom and the USA: On 8 May 2025, the United Kingdom and the United States announced a limited trade agreement, rolling back a small number of the tariffs imposed by President Trump in March and April 2025. Both sides referred to this agreement as an "Economic Prosperity Deal", and negotiations on the long-awaited post-Brexit free trade agreement are expected to continue. 

Kalshi v. CFTC: Effect on the CFTC’s Rulemaking and a New Era for Event Contracts

October 1, 2024

While the world anticipates the upcoming US presidential and congressional elections, two parallel proceedings are unfolding that relate directly to the elections: (1) litigation related to political-event contracts regulated by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) (Kalshi v. CFTC); and (2) a CFTC rulemaking on the same subject./p>

Export finance – What is the point of the Isabella clause?

12 July 2023

EMEA: An ECA-supported facility agreement in a buyer credit will usually contain an "Isabella clause". We explain what the clause typically covers and consider how important it is for finance parties to include it.

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Recent Press Releases

Ondřej Bartoň joins Dentons’ Banking and Finance practice in Prague

April 4, 2023

Global law firm Dentons has strengthened its Banking and Finance practice in Prague with the recruitment of Ondřej Bartoň as a partner. He joined the Firm effective April 1, 2023.

Dentons deal for Deutsche Bank named one of TXF's 'Perfect 10 Deals for 2015'

April 15, 2016

Dentons is pleased to announce that a recent deal it advised on has been recognised as one of Trade & Export Finance's (TXF) 'Perfect 10 Deals of the Year 2015'.