Update on Documentary Credits - Recent Developments

On-line Workshop on Recent Developments in Documentary Credit Practice

When: 8 October 2026; from 09:00 CET TIME (Central European Time) till 13:00 (half day course)
Where: Online (platform ZOOM)
Contents:
Most Recent ICC Opinions and DOCDEX Decisions, other ICC guidelines, current issues, new practices and debates
 

Practical Seminar on Documentary Credits for Trade Finance Practitioners:
This practical seminar on documentary credits is designed for experienced banking specialists who work with documentary business in their daily practice. The programme focuses on latest developments in the documentary credit practice, correct interpretation of UCP 600 and ISBP 821. The seminar is also suitable for company employees who actively use documentary credits — in particular heads of trade and finance, sales staff, contract managers and other professionals who interact with banks. Emphasis is placed on practical application: participants will work with real‑life examples, model scenarios and open discussion, so they leave not only with theoretical knowledge but with confidence in day‑to‑day handling of documentary credits.

Key benefits
• Practical, immediately usable skills — participants leave with clear drafting techniques and sample wording for L/C terms that reduce ambiguity and disputes.
• Document examination mastery — step by step procedures for examining high risk documents under UCP 600 and ISBP 821.
• Reduced operational risk and faster settlement — checklists and workflows that lower the rate of rejected presentations and shorten processing times. 
• Real world problem solving — model scenarios and case studies that teach how to prevent, manage and resolve disputes in practice. 
• Confidence in daily operations — hands on exercises and open discussion build the judgement needed to defend your position. 
• Ready to use takeaways — clause templates, one page checklists and practical recommendations that can be applied immediately. 
 Who will benefit
• Trade finance bankers and operations staff working with documentary credits on a daily basis. 
• Front office specialists and relationship managers who negotiate L/C terms and advise clients. 
• Bank lawyers, compliance officers and auditors responsible for policy, controls and dispute handling. 
• Corporate professionals involved in import/export transactions — heads of trade and finance, sales teams, contract managers, treasury and legal staff. 
• Exporters, importers and traders who rely on documentary credits to secure cross border transactions.  

Lecturer:  Bc. Pavel Andrle, LL.M.: 
 
- International trade finance advisor, consultant and trainer — Founder, Owner and Director of Trade Finance Consulting, s.r.o. With decades of hands on experience, he helps banks and corporates turn complex documentary rules into reliable, day to day practice. 
 
- Former trade finance banker with senior roles across documentary payments, guarantees and export/import finance.       His practical banking background ensures advice that is both technically sound and operationally realistic. 
 
- ICC leadership and expert roles — Secretary to the Banking Commission of ICC Czech Republic; frequent DOCDEX Expert at         the ICC International Centre for ADR in Paris; member of the ICC Banking Commission Task Force on Guarantees and the Working Group on Digitalization of Trade Finance and also GSCFF. 
 
 - Trusted educator and author — Certified ICC trainer on Incoterms 2020, vice chair of the ICC Banking Commission ISBP Educational Project, frequent contributor to leading trade finance publications, and author of best selling practical guides Examination of Documents under Documentary Credits and Documentary Credits in Practice. His books demystify complex rules and give practitioners clear, usable procedures.