Cross-border transactions often involve a practical sequencing problem: the buyer wants evidence of delivery before releasing funds, while the seller wants payment certainty before surrendering control. Rajeev Khandelwal’s international transaction background provides context for this tension. Escrow can hold money pending agreed conditions. Its usefulness depends on the precision of those conditions and the process for deciding whether they have been met.
Define the release event
A release condition should identify an observable event and the required evidence. Transfer documentation, delivery confirmation and technical acceptance serve different purposes. Using an imprecise phrase such as satisfactory completion can invite disagreement. The arrangement works more clearly when the parties know who supplies each document, who checks it and how discrepancies are handled without leaving the funds indefinitely suspended between competing interpretations.
Plan for partial delivery
A transaction may proceed in stages or contain separable assets. Releasing all funds after the first milestone can weaken protection; holding everything until the final minor item is delivered can create unnecessary friction. A staged schedule may align payments with actual progress. The design should also address shortfalls, substitutions and retained amounts so that ordinary execution problems do not automatically become a dispute over the entire consideration.
Choose the dispute path
Escrow does not eliminate disagreement about the underlying contract. It creates a mechanism for handling money while that disagreement is resolved. The parties need to understand the agent’s role, permissible instructions and the route for conflicting claims. Independence, operational competence and clear records matter because the escrow holder may be unable to decide substantive commercial questions on behalf of the contracting businesses.
Trust supported by procedure
The M&A and trade-finance disciplines in Credit Connect’s offering relate directly to the transaction landscape described around Rajeev. Escrow is valuable when it translates mutual commitments into a workable sequence. The central benefit is procedural clarity: money moves when specified evidence arrives. That clarity supports confidence without pretending that a payment mechanism replaces diligence on the asset, the seller or the wider commercial agreement.
