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30 October 2018

S&W breakfast briefing: Leveraging fintech in trade finance

Region:

Middle East & Africa, Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe

In the latest edition of law firm Sullivan & Worcester’s Trade Finance Breakfast Seminar, partners Joel Telpner and Geoffrey Wynne outline the benefits of blockchain as well as the resultant legal issues the fintech industry will be faced with in trade and trade finance.

From Blockchain to trade and working capital finance solutions, fintech and trade finance are becoming inextricably linked – with benefits for both sides. Sullivan & Worcester’s partner Joel Telpner is a leading expert on fintech and blockchain, and he and partner Geoffrey Wynne explain how these online distrubuted ledgers are set to streamline trade finance. However, the legal framework remains complex both now and going forward.

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