February 2025
Letters of Credit*
Continuing an annual survey written by top legal experts each year since 1992, Carter Klein examines the most significant letter of credit issues emerging from cases decided in 2023.
Hard Cases – Taking Stock of How Trader Defaults and Geopolitical Events Shaped LC Court Decisions
Following his writing in the January 2025 edition of DCW, Robert Parson continues his look at high profile cases by revisiting decisions surfacing from Singapore commodity defaults of recent years.
Simple Documentary Credit Format
In the fourth instalment of his DCW article series on major issues surrounding potential revision of UCP, ICC Banking Commission Senior Technical Advisor Dave Meynell reinforces the case for simple documentary credits and offers tips on how to construct them.
Addressing Misconceptions of Electronic Signatures
There's more (or less) to signatures than how they are labelled. In his article, Dr. Alan Davidson sheds light on variants of electronic signatures.
Digitalisation to Take Center Stage in Dubai
The push to advance trade through digitialisation figures prominently on the agendas of industry events taking place in Dubai, United
Regulatory and Enforcement Trends for AML and Sanctions
DCW Recap of Arnold & Porter Webinar From primarily a US perspective, legal professionals from Arnold & Porter and a
ATFCP Sanctions & Fraud Webinar Recap
A webinar hosted by the Association of Trade Finance Compliance Professionals (ATFCP) on 28 January 2025 featured particular focus on
Telex Release: a Viable Alternative to LOI?
DCW readers are aware of several recent court cases which have illustrated the problems that can emerge for trade finance
ICC, SWIFT Primed to Finalize API Standard for Attachments
Operating on the premise that the trade finance industry currently lacks a standard document exchange proposition for trade finance instruments,
Enigio’s trade:original Solution First Verified as in Accordance with MLETR
trace:original, a digital trade solution developed by Sweden-based Enigio AB, became the first system to be recognized as meeting
