Trade Advisory Services
Trade with confidence, from the term sheet to the final payment.
Expert advisory, end-to-end documentation support, corporate training, and risk mitigation — for importers, exporters, SMEs and financial institutions.
Pre-Deal Structuring & Advisory
We help you set up the right deal before you sign, so problems never reach the shipment stage.
Get the terms right before you sign.
Letter of Credit review
We check and draft your L/C terms so there are no confusing clauses, impossible requirements, or hidden risks waiting to surface at presentation.
Choosing the right payment method
We advise whether L/C, Documents Against Acceptance or Payment, Advance, or Open Account is safest — judged against your buyer, their country, and bank risk.
Incoterms® 2020 guidance
We help you pick the right Incoterm so it is never unclear who pays for what, and who carries the risk at each stage of the journey.
Sanctions & compliance screening
We verify your buyer, seller, country, goods, and vessels against UN, OFAC, and EU sanctions lists — keeping the transaction compliant and safe.
Bank recommendations
We suggest banks with genuinely strong correspondent networks on your specific trade route, so payments move without friction.
Documentation & Execution Support
We handle your trade documents so they are accepted the first time — no delays, no extra costs.
Documents accepted first time, every time.
Document preparation
Invoice, Packing List, Certificate of Origin, Inspection Certificates and more — each prepared to match your L/C requirements exactly, so banks have no grounds to reject them.
Pre-check to avoid rejections
Before you submit to the bank, we review everything for errors. This is what avoids rejections, amendments, and the extra bank charges that follow them.
Bill of Lading & shipping document check
We verify your B/L and shipping papers for correct container numbers, shipment dates, 'on-board' wording, and every other L/C detail. No mismatches, no problems.
L/C amendment support
When L/C terms are impractical, we coordinate with your buyer, seller, and the banks to get the credit amended smoothly and without souring the relationship.
Financing & Risk Protection
We help you get paid faster, and protect your business from payment and country risk.
Get paid sooner, and get paid at all.
Safe payment from risky countries
Where your buyer sits in a high-risk market, we advise when to have the credit confirmed — so that even if the issuing bank fails, your bank still pays you.
Get paid early
Need cash before the due date? We help you set up bill discounting, factoring, or forfaiting, turning receivables into immediate working capital.
Protection against buyer default
We help you arrange credit insurance, so that non-payment or political disruption in the buyer's country becomes a covered loss rather than your loss.
Help your buyers pay you
We set up supply chain finance programmes such as reverse factoring — your buyers get longer terms, and you still get paid early.
Bank guarantees made easy
Advisory on Performance Guarantees, Advance Payment Guarantees, Bid Bonds and SBLCs — the right instrument to win contracts and trade safely.
Compliance & Regulatory Support
Stay compliant and cut document rejections, with training and guidance grounded in the ICC rulebooks.
Fewer rejections, stronger positions.
Trade rules training for your team
We train your staff on UCP 600 and ISBP 821 — the global rules governing Letters of Credit. Teams that know the rules prepare correct documents and get rejected far less.
Expert help in disputes
Stuck in a disagreement with a bank over L/C documents? We explain and apply ICC Banking Commission opinions to resolve the dispute and protect your position.
Trade Advisory & Problem Resolution
When trade deals go wrong, we step in to protect your money and keep things moving.
A way forward when a deal goes wrong.
Solving document rejections
When a bank finds discrepancies, we negotiate with the buyer and the bank to get documents accepted — arranging acceptance under reserve or indemnity so your payment isn't blocked.
Recovering unpaid bills
Facing delayed or non-payment? We coordinate with banks and lawyers to recover your money under URC 522 collection rules or the terms of the credit.
Help during emergencies
Shipment stuck because of war, port strikes, or new sanctions? We advise on Force Majeure options and the best next steps to limit loss and protect the contract.
Training Programmes
Three taught tracks that ladder together — from how a trade actually gets paid, through the instruments and the rulebooks, to full CDCS certification.
Build the expertise, then certify it.
Basics of Trade16 hours
An overview of international trade and the risk each side carries, then the four methods of payment — advance payment, open account, documentary collections and letters of credit — set out so you can see exactly what protection each one buys, and what it costs the other party. The right starting point for anyone new to a trade desk.
Trade Finance — Advanced Module32 hours
The instruments and the rulebooks applied to real transactions: UCP 600 and ISBP 821 in document examination, transport and insurance documents, specialised structures such as transferable and back-to-back credits, standbys and guarantees, collections under URC 522, and sanctions screening. Built for practitioners who already handle credits and want to stop being surprised by them.
CDCS Certification Preparation100 hours
The full certification programme — eight modules, discrepancy drills on genuine document sets, timed mock exams marked with individual feedback, and direct faculty access through to your exam date.
Who we work with
Built for the people carrying the risk.
Importers
Secure terms, avoid overpaying for goods you haven't verified.
Exporters
Get paid on time, in full, from buyers you can't personally vet.
SMEs
Trade-desk expertise without carrying a trade desk in-house.
Financial institutions
Sharper document examination and fewer disputed presentations.
Send us the credit. We'll tell you what's wrong with it.
Most engagements start with a single L/C, a stuck shipment, or a refusal you disagree with. Message us with the situation and we'll tell you whether we can help.
Typically replies the same working day.