Mercatis Law

Founded in 2017, our firm has grown to become the go-to boutique law firm for the provision of specialist legal services to the commodities sector. We believe that the commodities sector needs legal support and advice in a more efficient, commercial and pragmatic manner than that currently offered by traditional law firms. We offer a new and better alternative to those law firms. Drawing on both our private practice and in house experience we have devised an alternative model of law firm. This is what makes us different and more efficient: • Low cost base: We maintain a relatively low cost base so that we can offer partner level experienced lawyers at highly competitive rates; • Compensation Structure: We have implemented a compensation structure that ties how our lawyers get paid to the commercial outcome of each matter, aligning their success to that of our clients; • Fees: We have greater flexibility to provide charging arrangements which suit each client and avoid any surprises in our invoices. We do this either by agreeing our fees up front or by regular fee updates in a manner we have found difficult to achieve in larger firms; • Legal Technology: We make better use of technology to create efficiencies in the delivery of our services. Our clients include well known commodity trading companies, mining companies, funds, banks and shipping companies in the UK, Europe, Russia and Asia Pacific. Our lawyers have extensive experience and expertise in the commodities sector. They have all worked in major international law firms and have held senior in house legal and regulatory roles in banks, commodities trading companies and energy companies. Our expertise includes both transactional and disputes matters. We advise on commodities trading, marketing, financing, investment, transportation, storage, hedging and regulation. We cover the full range of commodities. Our offices are in the UK and Singapore which enables us to provide a round the clock servic