Countertrade

Offset or Industrial Participation, Cooperation or Benefit

Structured Finance

Asian Compradore

APCA Conference Series

Countertrade - The main countertrade forms of barter, counter purchase and buybacks remains widely practiced in Asia. In addition, several ASEAN (Association of South East Asia Nations) countries practice a clearing arrangement known in Asia as “bilateral payment arrangements”. Our representative was consulted on these at one time or another undertaking advisory, structuring, documentation, training or facilitation work.

Offset or Industrial Participation, Cooperation or Benefit

Structured Finance

Asian Compradore

APCA Conference Series

Countertrade

Offset or Industrial Participation, Cooperation or Benefit - We were involved in one of Asia Pacific’s earliest offset program imposed on a Build-Operate-Own power plant project costing US$5 billion. Our representative has and continues to support defense contractors in their sales campaign and have so far fulfilled offset obligations on behalf of obligors in Malaysia and Philippines. Many Asian governments are considering or in the process of migrating from an existing counter purchase policy to an offset policy or are seeking to implement or improve an offset policy. Our advice has been sought in the study and training required in the transition as well as assistance in the formulation, and documentation processes. We assist develop, prepare, document and execute offset transactions on behalf of obligors owing obligations in Asian countries.

Structured Finance

Asian Compradore

APCA Conference Series

Countertrade

Offset or Industrial Participation, Cooperation or Benefit

Structured Finance - Our representative was appointed by UNCTAD (the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) to participate in an experts meeting held in Geneva in 1999 on structured finance issues. The UN ESCAP consulted our representative in 2000 when they needed an Asia Pacific view on structured finance techniques for purposes of the Financing for Development initiative of the UN General Assembly. In addition to facilitation work and providing training in structured finance, we develop, prepare, document and execute structured finance transactions.

Asian Compradore

APCA Conference Series

Countertrade

Offset or Industrial Participation, Cooperation or Benefit

Structured Finance

Asian Compradore - The Compradore (or intermediary) had played an important role throughout Asia Pacific’s history. We believe as Asians, we have cultivated sufficient relationships in some Asian countries to play the compradore role to enable deals to be done and/or to prevent or resolve disputes. If disputes having unfortunately risen already, we can and have mediated, arbitrated and provided the specialist know-how required in resolving countertrade, offset and structured finance disputes through alternate dispute resolutions methods.

APCA Conference Series

Countertrade

Offset or Industrial Participation, Cooperation or Benefit

Structured Finance

Asian Compradore

APCA Conference Series - APCA '94 the first annual conference, in the APCA conference series kicked off in 1994. It is organized in collaboration with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) with effect APCA 2003, its 10th annual conference in 2003. It is the only forum of its kind in Asia where learning on countertrade, offset and structured finance is gained or advanced, connections re-affirmed or made, solutions found and opportunities created.