Corporate and acquisition finance
Facility, investment, guarantee, covenant, conditions and closing support for corporate transactions.
CAPITAL AND COMPLIANCE
Banking, Finance, Tax & Customs Legal
Legal coordination for funding, security, trade finance, tax, customs, financial regulation and recovery.
12 defined capabilitiesTailor-made scopeEcosystem-connectedJurisdiction-aware
PRACTICE OVERVIEW
Legal advice designed around the operating objective.
Capital structures must work legally, financially and operationally. BESONG Law works with BESONG Accountants and specialist advisers to connect legal documentation to cash flow, tax, customs, reporting, security and execution.
Our first step is to identify the client, jurisdiction, professional authority, urgency and desired outcome. We then build a proportionate team and matter plan. Where local admission or specialist representation is required, delivery is coordinated with appropriately authorised counsel.
COMPLETE SERVICE SCOPE
Search all services →12 capabilities within this practice.
Banking, lending and security documents
Loan, guarantee, pledge, charge, account, intercreditor and security-perfection coordination.
Project and infrastructure finance
Project contracts, risk allocation, security, direct agreements, conditions and lender due diligence.
Trade and supply-chain finance
Letters of credit, guarantees, receivables, inventory, documentary and payment-risk structures.
Capital raising and private investment
Term sheets, subscriptions, shareholder rights, disclosure, due diligence and closing.
Financial-services regulation
Licensing, governance, conduct, outsourcing, consumer, reporting and regulator-engagement coordination.
Fintech, payments and money-transfer legal support
Business-model review, partner terms, customer terms, compliance and regulatory workstreams.
Tax-law structuring and dispute coordination
Legal analysis coordinated with qualified tax professionals for transactions, compliance and disputes.
Petroleum and natural-resource taxation
Contract, fiscal-term, assessment, audit and dispute support with sector tax specialists.
VAT and indirect-tax legal coordination
Contract treatment, invoicing, exemptions, evidence, recovery and dispute workstreams.
Customs, tariffs and trade remedies
Classification, valuation, origin, duty, exemptions, evidence, audits and appeal coordination.
Debt recovery, restructuring and insolvency
Demand, security, settlement, restructuring, enforcement and insolvency-process coordination.
TYPICAL MATTERS
Where this practice creates value.
Corporate, project and trade finance
Security and transaction closing
Tax and customs controversy coordination
Petroleum fiscal and contract interfaces
Financial-service and fintech programmes
Debt recovery and restructuring
WORK PRODUCT AND IMPLEMENTATION
What a controlled legal workstream can produce.
Legal position and decision paper
The issue, applicable framework, assumptions, options, exposure, recommendation and required decisions.
Transaction or document package
Contracts, policies, submissions, resolutions, notices, terms, schedules or settlement documentation.
Risk, obligation and action register
Clear owners, deadlines, evidence, approvals, dependencies and escalation points.
Negotiation or stakeholder plan
Objectives, authority, fallback positions, communications, records and settlement parameters.
Implementation support
Filings, signature, workflows, training, supplier or workforce controls, ERP integration and monitoring.
Matter reporting and closure
Status, decisions, costs, outcome, residual risk, lessons and next actions.
CONNECTED BESONG CAPABILITY
Legal work supported by enterprise context.
Related BESONG entities are involved only when useful, professionally appropriate, disclosed and authorised. Legal independence, confidentiality and the client’s interests remain controlling.
BESONG Accountants
Integrated when the matter requires related operational, financial, technology or implementation capability.
BESONG Consulting
Integrated when the matter requires related operational, financial, technology or implementation capability.
BESONG Freight
Integrated when the matter requires related operational, financial, technology or implementation capability.
BESONG ERP
Integrated when the matter requires related operational, financial, technology or implementation capability.
START THE MATTER
Discuss Finance, Tax & CustomsBring us the objective, issue or risk.
We will map the practice, jurisdiction, team, conflicts, scope and immediate next steps before an engagement begins.