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As a specialised energy and shipping firm, our in-depth knowledge and experience of the industries we serve ensures that our advice is always commercial, practical and to the point. We add real value to our clients' decision making process by ensuring that our advice is not only clear and accurate in legal terms, but is also realistic and practical given the competitive and regulatory constraints of the industry sectors in which they are operating. We have built up over the years a significant body of experience in the energy and shipping industries and regard it as part of our role to share with clients the benefits of this specialised knowledge and expertise.
We are happy to work with our clients in whichever way they believe will best support them on both transactional and Contentious matters. In relation to a number of clients, we act in effect as an extension, or overflow resource, for their own in-house legal teams, and the flexibility of our approach has led some of the world's largest energy and shipping companies to engage us on a wide range of international projects and disputes. They do so because they trust us to work in a way that meets their objectives and properly supports their own commercial, legal and technical teams seeking to achieve these goals.
Our lawyers are talented, experienced and committed to providing the highest quality service in a competitive marketplace. We are internationally oriented and accustomed to travelling for our clients on a worldwide basis in support of their global activities. Partners and associates of the firm speak French, German, Spanish, Greek, Mandarin and Japanese.
Most importantly, our flexible and "down to earth" approach to the law and to business, coupled with a high level of partner involvement in the matters we are handling, makes us significantly more "client friendly" than most of the larger firms operating in our focus areas. CDG is perceived as a helpful and "unstuffy" law firm and, coupled with our industry knowledge and expertise, this leads many of our clients to return to us time and again for assistance in meeting their business objectives and solving their legal and commercial problems and disputes.