国际贸易
— 《钱伯斯亚太指南2025》“旭龄及穆律师事务所拥有一支经验丰富且备受认可的航运融资及海事诉讼律师团队，经常为客户提供融资及重组事务方面的法律意见。团队经常处理各类诉讼及仲裁案件，包括货物错交、租船合同、提单及滞期费争议等海事纠纷。其客户主要包括大型银行、司法管理人及大宗商品贸易公司。”
— 《钱伯斯亚太指南2025》“旭龄及穆团队拥有深厚的专业知识，并对法律及其实务运作具备扎实的理解。在我们看来，他们是海事及航运法领域的专家。团队具备强有力的领导和指导机制，资讯、专业知识及实践经验能够有效地在团队内部传承，并传达到各级律师。”
Our International Trade Practice Group provides integrated, cross-disciplinary counsel designed to navigate the complexities of global commerce. It draws upon the collective expertise of the firm’s leading practice areas, including Shipping & Commodities, Banking & Finance, Corporate and M&A, Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG), Financial Services Regulatory, Fintech, and Litigation & Dispute Resolution.
We provide comprehensive legal advice to safeguard your interests in the commodities, shipping, and trade finance sectors. Our services encompass the full transaction lifecycle, from contract structuring and financing through to dispute resolution and strategic investments. Our approach is pragmatic, solutions-oriented, and commercially focused.
By combining deep industry knowledge with strong cross-practice capabilities in finance, disputes, and corporate transactions, we deliver seamless, end-to-end support to clients operating in global trade markets.
We advise on the full spectrum of international trade services, including the following:
- Mergers and acquisitions in the commodity and maritime ecosystem
- Establishing Singapore and regional trading, shipping and chartering hubs
- Designing ship-owning structures and advising on joint ventures between shipowners, charterers, traders
- Corporate governance and internal restructurings for trading and shipping groups
- Shareholder and investment agreements for commodity and maritime ventures
- Exit and secondary transactions in the commodity and maritime sectors
- Blockchain-based trading platforms and digital trade documentation systems
- Regulatory support for digitalisation and tokenisation initiatives in the trade and commodities sector
- Trade association arbitrations before GAFTA, FOSFA, LME, SAL and other specialist tribunals
- Cargo contamination and damage claims
- Short cargo claims and quantity discrepancies
- Non-delivery claims and buyer/seller remedies
- Force majeure events and contractual performance
- Quality disputes and breach of specifications
- Demurrage and detention claims
- Fraud, misrepresentation and asset tracing
- Restructuring and insolvency affecting trading counterparties
- Marine, war risk, trade credit and cargo insurance
- ESG-resilient supply chain, logistics and trading contracts
- Emission Reduction Purchase Agreements and carbon credit transactions
- Environmental licensing for cross-border movement of regulated commodities
- Long-term supply agreements for commodities across multiple jurisdictions
- Sale and purchase agreements on industry-standard terms (CIF, CFR, FOB)
- Master trading agreements and framework contracts
- Warehousing and storage facility agreements
- Collateral management agreements for inventory and warehouse receipt financing
- Sanctions compliance, including UN sanctions and MAS requirements
- Contractual sanctions clauses
- AML, anti-bribery and anti-corruption compliance programmes
- Asset-backed securitisation of trade receivables and commodity inventories
- Collateralised debt obligations
- Credit default swaps and credit derivatives
- Credit linked notes and structured credit products
- Hybrid securities, including subordinated notes and convertible bonds
- Off-balance sheet and bankruptcy remote SPV financing structures
- Structured trade finance, including pre-export finance and tolling arrangements
- Borrowing base facilities secured against commodity inventories and receivables
- Supply chain and receivables financing programmes
- Inventory financing and related security structures
- Security documents, including pledges, performance bonds, assignments and guarantees
- Vessel and ship finance, including mortgage-backed lending and sale-and-leaseback
- Revolving trade facilities and working capital financing
