Whether you require help dealing with a marine casualty, navigating a cargo claim, marine insurance claim or a charter problem, managing a shipbuilding dispute, or a dredging dispute, our lawyers can help you find the appropriate solution.

Whether you require help dealing with a marine casualty, navigating a cargo claim, marine insurance claim or a charter problem, managing a shipbuilding dispute, or a dredging dispute, our lawyers can help you find the appropriate solution.

Our maritime and shipping team advises shipping companies and financial institutions across the full spectrum of shipping markets. The dedicated disputes only practice specializes in shipping, offshore, dredging and insurance claims. Our diverse experience with all aspects of the maritime industry enables us to represent clients in business operations issues as well as in regulatory or government relations issues and in complex, multi-district litigations, arbitrations, and mediations.

Our clients are some of the world’s largest ship owners and dredging companies, involved in high value, complex international dredging and maritime projects, with wide ranging disputes involving dredging contracts with state entities, and significant insurance claims against insurance and financial institutions.

No matter the size, complexity or jurisdiction of the issue, our global platform of skilled practitioners will chart a course of action that best serves your business’ interests, investments and future. Our strength lies in our industry know-how and we operate at the leading edge of technological, policy, and legal trends which shape the industry.

Marine Insurance

India and United Kingdom
UK High Court, Queen’s Bench Division
India and United Kingdom
Advising an Indian shipping and dredging company in an insurance litigation against an Indian state-owned underwriter.
Forum non conveniens
Salvage
Constructive Total Loss
Partial Loss
Marine Insurance
Insurance Coverage Dispute

Charter Party

Singapore and The Bahamas
LMAA, English law governed, London seated
Singapore and The Bahamas
Representing a Singapore company in its dispute under a charter party settlement agreement with a Bahamas shipping company.
Put Option Validity
Termination
Charter Party Dispute
Breach of Contract

Dredging Project

India
Ad Hoc international arbitration, India seated, Indian law
India
Representing an Indian company in a charter party dispute for a dredging project against an Indian state-owned entity.
Non-Payment
Tortious Interference
Repudiation
Charter Party Agreement
Force Majeure

Charter Party

Singapore, India, Italy
Singapore High Court
Singapore, India, Italy
Advising a Singaporean company in charter party dispute against an Italian shipping company.
Forum non conveniens
Guarantee
Put Option Validity

Marine Insurance

India, England
Ad-hoc international arbitration, India seated, Indian law
India, England
Advising an Indian company in an insurance dispute for oil pollution and wreck removal against English P&I Club.
International Maritime Law
Non-payment
Salvage
Cancellation of Cover