Practice Areas
Shipping
Our clients comprise shipowners, charterers, shipyards, financing banks and insurers, including P&I clubs, covering the entire spectrum of commercial shipping and encompassing the rapidly growing international megayacht market. In many cases, we are engaged by, and work with, professional advisors, overseas lawyers or other intermediaries to represent their clients.
We provide advice and assistance on a wide range of commercial shipping activities, including structures and contracts for the chartering/employment, sale and purchase of ships as well as the financing of these activities. We are in addition acknowledged as the UK market leaders in the provision of legal advice in relation to shipbuilding and ship conversion projects of all kinds.
Our dispute resolution team provides advice on a variety of shipbuilding and commercial shipping disputes, working closely with our shipping teams.