Former Linklaters partners, Michael Bott and Mirthe van Kesteren, have launched a new law firm in London – Bott Van Kesteren Partners Limited (BVK). BVK will provide English law advice to a wide range of lenders and borrowers on commodities-backed and other international structured financings. Bott and Van Kesteren are top-ranked lawyers who are acknowledged by …

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In August ABN AMRO announced that it will exit the commodity trade finance market, while BNP Paribas, Société Générale and Natixis are scaling back or restructuring their operations. These banks are part of a group of European banks that have led this market for the past half a century. The market is changing….and so are …

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