Amanda Montano

I specialise in trade finance and insurance related disputes, which are frequently large-scale, highly complex and involve multiple parties. In addition to my contentious experience, I advise on the interpretation of insurance policies, with a particular focus on those utilised by credit institutions and other firms as credit risk mitigation for capital adequacy purposes.

• Acting for an international bank against multiple insurers in a long-running dispute relating to the discounting of bills of exchange issued in connection with agricultural commodities, the payment obligation in respect of which was insured, and culminating in LCIA arbitration.
• Advising a construction company in a dispute with structural steel subcontractor that supplied faulty materials to be used in construction of a covered market in Africa.
• Advising a trade finance fund in a dispute with multiple insurers in respect of an invoice purchasing facility with an agricultural commodity trading company for the supply of goods, the payment obligation in respect of which was insured.
• Acting for a European bank in connection with a dispute over shipment of agricultural commodities, the purchase of which had been financed by the bank, that were wrongfully released from the vessel against a letter of indemnity.
• Advising a European corporate on LCIA arbitration in connection with machinery financed via promissory notes, the payment obligation in respect of which was insured.