Maritime & Shipping
World-Class Maritime Counsel, Vessel Financing & Ports Advisory
Our Maritime and Shipping Law Practice provides comprehensive counsel to shipowners, charterers, financial institutions, and international marine enterprises. Driven by deep international law exposure and extensive published expertise in ports law, our dual-qualified practitioners merge precise technical know-how with unwavering dedication. We protect your offshore investments, ensure multi-jurisdictional regulatory compliance, and resolve complex maritime crises with absolute authority.
Specialized Transactional & Commercial Drafting
Our team possesses advanced expertise in drafting and negotiating high-value, bespoke maritime agreements. We safeguard your commercial operations against structural risks through precision contract engineering:
- Vessel Procurement & Management Ship Building Agreements, Ship Sale Agreements, and comprehensive Ship Management Agreements.
- Operational & Carriage Contracts Charter Agreements, Contracts of Affreightment, Dredging Contracts, and Ship Repair Contracts.
- Port & Logistics Documentation Wharfage and Dockage Agreements, alongside complex Towage and Pilotage frameworks.
- Risk & Crew Management Marine Insurance Contracts, Marine Salvage Agreements, and Crew-Compliant Seafarer’s Employment Contracts.
- Structured Finance Preferred Ship Mortgages and premium insurance or commercial drafting.
Financing, Registration & Regulatory Liaison
We deliver seamless support for vessel lifecycle management, leveraging our institutional capacity and corporate goodwill to navigate complex state and international regulatory frameworks:
- Vessel Registrations & Acquisitions End-to-end management of ship registrations, asset acquisitions, and international compliance requirements.
- Mortgage Financing Structuring high-value maritime debt, vessel financing, and securing preferred ship mortgages.
- Permits & Government Relations Successful liaison with premier regulatory agencies to obtain critical maritime operational permits.
- Grants & Financial Incentives Strategic management of applications for local and international maritime-related grants and economic incentives.
Top-notch Litigation, Claims & Dispute Resolution
Our advocates provide fierce representation, negotiation, mediation, and arbitration for high-stakes maritime and admiralty claims. We manage complex litigation and protect your assets from commercial risk across core areas:
- Vessel Arrests & Enforcements Immediate execution and strategic defense regarding the arrest and release of ships, alongside the enforcement of critical maritime liens and obligations.
- Admiralty & Ownership Conflicts Resolving complex admiralty claims, forum disputes, multi-party ownership conflicts, and inland waterways or cabotage disputes.
- Cargo & Carriage Disputes Handling bills of lading, complex demurrage claims, charterparty friction, cargo shortage, contamination, and transit damage.
- Casualties & Marine Disasters Rapid legal response for high-seas casualties, vessel collisions, fires, strandings, total loss, salvage, and wreck removal.
- Commercial Fisheries & Aquaculture Strategic counsel on aquaculture leases and disputes, commercial fishery issues, acquisition/ownership of fisheries, registration of fishing rights, international fishing licenses, high-seas fishing, and the defense of vessel seizures or fisheries prosecutions.
- Port Operations & Infrastructure Resolving intense port and marina operations disputes, facility conflicts, and high-stakes ports privatization disputes.
- Environmental & Regulatory Defense Robust legal defense for regulatory disputes, pollution and environmental issues, navigation rights, easements in and over water, and specialized maritime/admiralty criminal law matters.
- Crew Compliance Resolving maritime employment issues and ensuring strict adherence to international crew legislation and award.