LAWYER PROFILE

Jonathan Solomon

UK 2026

Reed Smith LLP

Ranked in 1 practice area

Commodities: Trade Finance

UK-wide

15 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Jonathan is a partner in Reed Smith’s Energy & Natural Resources Group and leads the firm’s EMEA and SE Asia trade and commodities finance practice. Over the course of his career he has advised on over 1,000 trade finance transactions.

He represents and advises financial institutions, corporates and traders on all forms of structured trade and commodity and infrastructure financings including pre-export, pre-payment, inventory, limited recourse, warehouse and counter trade as well as rights purchase, repo and true sale transactions. Jonathan also advises on all types of emerging market receivables financings including project, acquisition and mining facilities.

He has a global practice which he has built up over many years of exclusively working in the trade finance market. His work covers Europe, Africa, the CIS (including Russia and Ukraine), SE Asia, and North and Latin America.

Jonathan has won multiple “Deal of Year” awards from the leading STF publications and has received wide recognition and praise from clients and industry participants in the independent legal directories, including being named as a ‘Leading Individual’ in Trade Finance. Jonathan is ranked Band 2 in Chambers UK 2023 for Commodities: Trade Finance.

Personal

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Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Commodities: Trade Finance - UK-wide

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Jonathan Solomon leads the firm's EMEA and South-East Asia trade and commodities finance practice. He is noted for his expertise in structured finance matters and regularly advises clients on pre-finance facilities and pre-delivery syndicated loan facilities.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Jonathan is very commercial, very sharp in documentation, and very good at keeping deal momentum.
Commodities: Trade FinanceChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
He is incredibly 'on' all the time and has the ability to handle the cross-border work.
Commodities: Trade FinanceChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
Jonathan has the ability to navigate extremely complex and lengthy processes while maintaining the focus and ensuring that we protect our interests in an efficient manner.
Commodities: Trade FinanceChambers Guide to the Legal Profession