Analysis of non-standard trade scheme upon financing and accumulating the goods

Client – one of the leading Ukrainian grain traders – applied to Interlegal for law analysis and consulting upon sales and non-standard trade scheme aimed at financing purchase and accumulating the goods followed by sale for export.

The proposed mechanism of the goods accumulation and storage until forming the vessel batch and shipment for export caused a large interest and bore risks for the potential investor. Under the proposed terms, the goods should have been stored partially at the port terminal, on board of fixed barges and lighters.

The main task for lawyers assumed definition of potential risks for the investor, drafting payment mechanism – the most acceptable for the Parties and the least risky for the investor, and efficient law instruments aimed at mitigating and eliminating the detected risks.

Having processed the request, Interlegal lawyers made a complex analysis of the proposed scheme basic terms, drafted and recommended terms governing the payment procedure, the moment of transferring the title and risks, and proposed a set of law instruments aimed at security and control over obligations to be fulfilled by the investor’s counteragents.

Interlegal senior lawyer Karyna Gorovaya and lawyer Olena Ptashenchuk led the case.