International intermediary for physical commodity markets.
An independent brokerage connecting buyers and sellers in physical commodity markets — structured, papered, and executed with discretion.
Emissary Mercantile is an independent commodities brokerage headquartered in Sydney and operating globally. We sit between producers, processors, traders, and end-users — identifying, qualifying, and connecting counterparties whose commercial interests align.
Our focus is boutique rather than bulk: selectivity on mandates, rigour on documentation, and a deliberate preference for deals that reward attention over scale. We take no proprietary positions and carry no inventory; our only product is the introduction and the paper that protects it.
Based in the APAC time zone. Comfortable across Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas. Closest to counterparties who expect discipline at every stage of a transaction, from first conversation to final shipment.
No introduction occurs without signed agreements between every party in the chain — protecting the counterparties, the commission, and the confidentiality of the deal. Paper precedes names.
Counterparty identities, pricing, and terms remain confidential until contracts are locked. We neither publish deal references nor name principals in marketing.
Mandates move through every documentary stage in sequence. Skipped steps and shortcuts are how deals unwind at the bank or the port; the discipline is what keeps them from unwinding.
We hold no proprietary book and represent no affiliated trading desk. Every introduction serves both principals; our compensation is transparent, irrevocable, and paid at the bank.
Commission is structured as a disbursement instruction within the transaction LC, or via Irrevocable Payment Instruction from the seller's bank. Never on discretion, never on trust.
We take mandates where boutique intermediation creates real commercial value — physical commodity flows that depend on disciplined documentation, banked counterparties, and direct principal-to-principal execution. Volume varies; selectivity does not.
Every mandate is evaluated on three tests: the seriousness of the counterparty, the commercial logic of the deal, and the integrity of the chain behind it. Deals that pass are taken on their merits — not filtered by product category or origin.
We maintain direct relationships with producers, processors, and end-users across the markets we work in. Every prospective counterparty is vetted for commercial substance — KYC, financial capacity, and production or offtake history — before an introduction is made. Matches are made on fit: commodity grade, volume, port pair, and jurisdictional compatibility.
We lead the negotiation from first terms sheet to signed contract, aligning specifications, Incoterms, inspection regime, and delivery schedule between the parties. Where the chain involves multiple intermediaries, we manage the sequencing so the deal does not stall in the gap between counterparties. Standard industry forms are used where they apply; bespoke contracts are drafted where they do not.
We review draft Letter of Credit wording before it goes operative, coordinate with issuing and advising banks, and pre-check the document set against the LC to prevent discrepancies. When payment stalls, it is almost always at presentation — a Bill of Lading date, an inspection certificate signatory, a wording mismatch that could have been resolved in draft. These are caught before they become a bank-initiated amendment.
We act as named buyer-side or seller-side mandate for specific transactions, or on a rolling basis for repeat counterparties. Every mandate is documented, time-bound, and scoped to a defined commodity and geography — so the principal knows exactly what they have retained, for how long, and where it applies.
Enquiries are welcomed from principals, mandated brokers, and qualified intermediaries. Initial approaches should include commodity, indicative quantity, origin or destination, preferred Incoterms, and payment basis. A Non-Circumvention and Non-Disclosure Agreement is circulated before any counterparty is named, discussed, or introduced.