CORPORATE, TRADE AND PROJECT FINANCING
William "Chip" Gehle has been involved in corporate, trade and project financing for over 35 years,
with money-center and regional banks, with a major corporation, and as an independent consultant.
He has worked as a business developer, as a due diligence leader and as a transaction approver.
He has financed companies and institutions throughout the US, Latin America, and to a lesser extent,
in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. While corporate lending/borrowing procedures vary from
country to country, he has significant experience in the following types of financing:
Corporate Financing:
- Short and medium-term financing secured by accounts receivable and inventory borrowing bases
- Medium-term financing secured by equipment or real estate, based on the commercial, replacement
and residual value of the assets financed.
- Unsecured working capital financing, based on balance sheet and cash flow strength of the business.
- Medium-term unsecured financing for capital expenditures, acquisitions and treasury stock purchases,
based on the balance sheet and cash flow strength of the business(es).
Trade Financing:
- Short-term working capital financing for export related accounts receivable and inventory, based on
the strength of the exporter, supported by the U.S. Eximbank's Working Capital Guarantee Program.
- Short-term export and import financing for the buyers, using time drafts (bankers acceptances) drawn
against import letters of credit.
- Short-term export and import financing based on the credit strength of the importer.
- Short-term export and import financing based on the credit strength of the importer, combined with
export credit insurance issued by export credit agencies or by other providers.
- Short-term export financing based on an export factoring commitment.
- Medium-term export financing based on the credit strength of the importer.
- Medium-term export financing based on the credit strength of the importer, combined with export credit
insurance issued by export credit agencies or by other providers.
Project Financing:
- Equity and debt financing for greenfield and brownfield infrastructure and industrial projects based on the
financial merits of the projects, including the strength of off-take or lease agreements.
- Equity and debt financing for greenfield and brownfield projects based on the financial merits of the
projects and their off-take or lease agreements, combined with investment, credit and political risk
insurance provided by export credit agencies, multilateral entities and other providers.
- Debt financing for projects based on the merits of the projects and on the guarantees provided by
project owners, development banks and ministries of finance, with or without credit and political risk
insurance.
Tel. (1) 832-878-4614, wgehle@internationaldiligence.com
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