Maritime, Navigation and Transport Law

Maritime, Navigation and Transport Law

On all issues linked to their respective business activities, Leading Law offers advisory services, nationally and internationally, to shipowners, shipyards, financiers, charterers, shipping agencies, insurance companies, P&I Clubs, brokers, companies operating in the cruise sector, sea and inland shipping companies and port operators. The firm advises on the negotiation and drafting of contracts governing the construction/sale/financing of vessels, as well as their technical and commercial management. In this segment, the firm advises operators on the choice of corporate structure and on restructuring, mergers, demergers, leveraged buy-outs, acquisitions, debt restructuring and insolvency proceedings. The expertise developed in the sector also allows the firm to extend its offering to transport (of goods and passengers), maritime casualties and related insurance matters. Its professional offering covers all contractual relationships governing the maritime sector — including those relating to financial and/or insurance instruments (leasing, bank guarantees, sureties, etc.) — and any related litigation. The firm appears before all jurisdictions (Supreme and arbitration) providing assistance in civil, administrative, tax/accounting and criminal litigation, including matters connected to navigation.