January 2025

DCW Monthly: April 2025
This month, DCW unpacks the legal and practical shifts reshaping trade finance interpretation. Why are ICC Opinions becoming increasingly scarce?

DCW Monthly: March 2025
This month, we sort through some of the big questions shaping LC practice today. Is it time to rewrite UCP

DCW Monthly: February 2025
This month, we're spotlighting the challenges and hard-earned lessons emerging from LC disputes and sanctions enforcement crackdowns. Carter

DCW Monthly: January 2025
The first month of the year is in full swing, and the trade finance world isn’t slowing down. Standby
In Memoriam: Francisco Rodriguez
Francisco Rodriguez, a talented and dedicated trade finance specialist, passed away on 17 December 2024. He was 70 years of
Air Waybills and Questions of Endorsement
A letter of credit scenario was discussed during a recent meeting of bankers involving a commercial LC calling for “Original
UNCITRAL’s Draft Convention on Negotiable Cargo Documents Entering Final Phase
Working Group VI of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) held its 45th session, 9-13 December 2024,
ABA and BAFT Announce Split
The American Bankers Association (ABA) and The Bankers Association for Finance and Trade (BAFT), a prominent global association for international