PRACTICE AREAS

Drawing on our extensive legal, commercial, and technical experience, we offer pragmatic and responsive guidance across every dimension of commercial shipping:

• Vessel Types:

tankers; bulk carriers; gas (LNG, LPG); offshore units; support vessels; ferries

• Cargo Claims:

Expert handling of disputes related to damaged, lost, delayed, or misdelivered cargo—via bills of lading, charter parties, or insurance channels, supported by technical investigation and negotiation.

• Commercial Expertise:

From newbuilding contracts and sale-purchase agreements to chartering and supply, service, and installation arrangements.

• Regulatory Compliance:

Full alignment with IMO conventions (SOLAS, MARPOL), environmental regulations, and ship recycling standards.

• Specialist Operations:

Sanctions compliance; scrubber procurement, sale, installation, and financing.

• Legal & Enforcement Advisory:

Skilled in vessel arrest (preservation orders) and release strategies.

• Incident Response & Claims:

Rapid, round-the-clock legal response to emergencies—fire, grounding, sinking, collisions, pollution, salvage cases—with drafting, representation, and claims management.

• Customs & Logistics:

Handling customs disputes, smuggling allegations, fines, and duties. We serve cargo owners, freight forwarders, and logistics companies

providing advice on contract breaches, insurance issues, theft, and sealing-break incidents