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  • Our team provides comprehensive legal support to clients engaged in cross-border trade and financing transactions. Hadef & Partners advises a diverse range of clients, including banks, financial institutions, trading companies, exporters, and importers, on a wide array of trade and export finance transactions, from traditional trade finance instruments such as letters of credit and guarantees to more complex structured trade and commodity finance deals.

    • Catriona McDevitt

      Partner, Head of Banking & Finance
      Banking & Finance
      c.mcdevitt@hadefpartners.com
    • Alan Rodgers

      Partner
      Banking & Finance
      a.rodgers@hadefpartners.com
    • Ajai Ramakrishnan

      Senior Counsel
      Banking & Finance
      a.ramakrishnan@hadefpartners.com
    • Aziz Yasin

      Associate
      Banking & Finance
      a.yasin@hadefpartners.com
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