Amanda Montano

Amanda specialises in advising clients in relation to trade credit, professional negligence and transactional disputes. She also advises clients on commercial insurance arrangements supporting structured trade, commodity and pre-export financing. Prior to joining the firm, Amanda trained with a City law firm, where she gained experience in international project finance, energy sector disputes and financial services regulation. Amanda also completed a six-month secondment with that same firm’s debt capital markets team in Singapore.

Bar & Court Admissions

• Solicitor, Senior Courts of England and Wales
• New York

Education

• LLM, New York University School of Law
• LL.B., University of Leicester
• BA, Williams College

Community Engagement

• Member, LexisPSL’s Banking & Finance Next Generation Board

Awards & Honors

• Member, LexisPSL’s Inaugural Banking & Finance ‘Next Generation Board’ (2021)

• Sullivan Wins Two Major Trade Finance Awards
  Press Release
  May 5, 2022
• Sullivan Associate Amanda Montano Joins LexisPSL’s Inaugural Banking & Finance "Next Generation Board"
  Press Release
  November 30, 2021
• It's a Digital World - Embracing Technology in Trade Finance
  Talking Trade Finance
  June 4, 2021
• What 2021 Holds in Store for Trade and Commodity Finance
  Talking Trade Finance
  January 29, 2021
• Sullivan Named Best Law Firm of the Year at Trade Finance Awards for Excellence, 2019
  Sullivan Press Release
  June 28, 2019
• Sullivan Wins GTR ‘Best Trade Finance Law Firm’ 2019 Award
  Sullivan Press Release
  May 3, 2019

Seminars & Presentations

• Payments, Problems and Practical Solutions for Trade and Export Finance Transactions
  Trade & Export Finance Webinar (June 24, 2021)
• Modernising Disputes: Practical Points to Consider for Litigation and Arbitration
  Trade & Export Finance Webinar (April 22, 2021)