DLA Piper advises FMO in its US$23 million trade facility to Volcafé

DLA Piper advised FMO, the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank, in providing a US$23 million secured term facility to Beneficios Volcafe Costa Rica, S.A., part of Volcafe group, a leading global green coffee merchant.

Volcafe will use the five-year term loan from FMO as working capital needs for sourcing and commercializing coffee originating in Costa Rica and Latin America. The facility will also allow Volcafe in Costa Rica to strengthen its partnerships with local coffee producers.

“It was a pleasure to advise FMO on this secured term facility and help the bank in its mission to drive sustainable private sector growth in developing countries and emerging markets,” said Margarita Oliva Sainz de Aja, the DLA Piper partner who led the deal team.

In addition to Oliva (New York), the DLA Piper team included associates Marcos Taiana (New York) and Susana Guizar (Mexico City).

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