EBRD approves €250m loan for Egypt’s Abu Qir metro project; WFW hires commodities disputes partner in Singapore; EIB enables Berenberg Bank to expand SME lending

In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:

• The EBRD has approved a formal loan request from the Egyptian government for €250 million (about $297 million) to partially fund a project to convert Alexandria’s Abu Qir railway into an underground metro

• Watson Farley & Williams has appointed commodities disputes specialist Sumeet Malhotra as a Partner in Singapore

• The European Investment Bank will provide loan-by-loan guarantees covering 75% of a portfolio of up to €250 million of the German private bank Berenberg

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