Our maritime practice is at the heart of what we do. We provide elite disputes and bespoke advisory services to clients across the maritime sector.
Our team is drawn from Tier 1 firms and the Bar. We have a wealth of experience in the most complex, fast-paced and high-value issues affecting maritime market participants. We continue to challenge the leading firms in the shipping legal market in New York, London and Australia.
We advise on all issues across the sector, from decarbonisation regulatory advice to contractual disputes to admiralty claims. Our team combines deep maritime sector knowledge with experience advising in high-value commercial litigation and arbitration, ensuring we are uniquely well placed to advise on the market’s biggest challenges.
We act for household name vessel owners, operators and trading companies, as well as charterers, cargo owners, terminal operators, logistics service providers, equipment owners and operators, P&I Clubs, and insurers (international and domestic). Our client list is overwhelmingly made up of repeat business, and our focus is on forming long-term partnerships, not one-off instructions.
Our firm’s experience in and knowledge of the maritime sector, combined with our team of committed lawyers with experience in market leading disputes work, means that we are positioned to advise on the most complex disputes in the sector. We understand the commercial background to these disputes, and have the intellectual flexibility to apply that market understanding to the industries biggest challenges.
We act for some of the best known companies in the market. Our approach is to develop strong long-term relationships with our clients. Our approach allows us to advise across the board, from day-to-day dry shipping disputes, to large scale international arbitration within the maritime context.
Our transactional team advises across the board on shipping transactions and projects. From bespoke charterparty forms to clauses dealing with upcoming regulatory challenges, our team provides clear, concise and commercial drafting.
We have advised some of the industry’s largest entities on major contractual projects. In particular, our maritime transactional team has significant experience advising on and drafting LNG charterparties and other contractual documents relating to the carriage of energy products