Shipowners and operators

Advised over 30 shipowners in disputes arising in respect of the collapse of OW Bunkers and dealing with arrests, security arrangements, conflicts of laws, receivables financing and ongoing arbitrations.

Advising and representing various shipowners in relation to disputes arising under bareboat, time and voyage charters, including repossession of vessels, early redelivery, speed and performance, unseaworthiness, non-payment of hire, groundings, detentions and liens.

Advising and representing various shipowners in situations where the charterer has become insolvent and claims are brought by bunker suppliers and sub-charterers directly against shipowners.

Representing liner operator in relation to a US$28 million claim regarding alleged misdelivery of goods before the Hong Kong high court, court of appeal and court of final appeal in respect of Mareva injunction, Chabra injunction and receivership orders.

Advising shipowners and P & I Clubs in relation to coverage issues.

Shipping litigation

Shipowners and P&I Clubs

Advised over 30 shipowners in disputes arising in respect of the collapse of OW Bunkers and dealing with arrests, security arrangements, conflicts of laws, receivables financing and ongoing arbitrations.

Advising and representing various shipowners in relation to disputes arising under bareboat, time and voyage charters, including repossession of vessels, early redelivery, speed and performance, unseaworthiness, non-payment of hire, groundings, detentions and liens.

Advising and representing various shipowners in situations where the charterer has become insolvent and claims are brought by bunker suppliers and sub-charterers directly against shipowners.

Representing liner operator in relation to a US$28 million claim regarding alleged misdelivery of goods before the Hong Kong high court, court of appeal and court of final appeal in respect of Mareva injunction, Chabra injunction and receivership orders.

Advising shipowners and P & I Clubs in relation to coverage issues.

Charterers

Advising and representing various charterers in relation to disputes arising under time and voyage charters, including speed and performance, dangerous cargo, incidents of fire and unseaworthiness issues.

Representing liner operator in relation to various container stack collapse claims.

Bills of lading

Advising and representing various shipowners and charterers in relation to claims brought under bills of lading for damage and/or loss of cargo.

Advising shipowners in relation to issues arising from delivery without production of original bill of lading.

Advising a liner operator on electronic bills of lading.

Shipbuilding

Successfully represented shipowners in arbitration with a Chinese shipyard that failed to construct vessels, successfully claiming on Chinese refund guarantees.

Marine and international trade

Finance leasing companies

Advising and representing finance leasing companies in the repossession of vessels where the borrower is unable to perform its obligations under the financing documents. We usually have overall conduct of such matters and have to advise on the finance leasing companies’ rights and remedies under the loan documentation. After which, if the bareboat charterers are not cooperative, we are required to coordinate and work with foreign lawyers in various jurisdictions to re-possess the Vessel and recover the outstanding amounts.

International trade

Advised a power company in various issues arising under sale and purchase of coal and actin company in significant dispute arising from sale and purchase of coal.

Advising a major trading house on the Chinese and Hong Kong law aspects of their successful defence of a headline-making US$270 million claim, relating to “repo” deals affected by a major metals warehousing fraud in Qingdao. Particular advices on transfer of title in sale of goods contracts.

Representing sellers in relation to LC disputes arising out of the sale of goods in to Vietnam, VIAC arbitrations and injunctions from the Vietnam courts.

Marine

Advised over 30 shipowners in disputes arising in respect of the collapse of OW Bunkers and dealing with arrests, security arrangements, conflicts of laws, receivables financing and ongoing arbitrations.

Advising and representing various shipowners in relation to disputes arising under bareboat, time and voyage charters, including repossession of vessels, early redelivery, speed and performance, unseaworthiness, non-payment of hire, groundings, detentions and liens.

Advising and representing various shipowners in situations where the charterer has become insolvent and claims are brought by bunker suppliers and sub-charterers directly against shipowners.

Representing liner operator in relation to a US$28 million claim regarding alleged misdelivery of goods before the Hong Kong high court, court of appeal and court of final appeal in respect of Mareva injunction, Chabra injunction and receivership orders.

Advising shipowners and P & I Clubs in relation to coverage issues.

International trade

Advised a power company in various issues arising under sale and purchase of coal and actin company in significant dispute arising from sale and purchase of coal.

Advising a major trading house on the Chinese and Hong Kong law aspects of their successful defence of a headline-making US$270 million claim, relating to “repo” deals affected by a major metals warehousing fraud in Qingdao. Particularly advises on transfer of title in sale of goods contracts.

Representing sellers in relation to LC disputes arising out of the sale of goods in to Vietnam, VIAC arbitrations and injunctions from the Vietnam courts.

Shanghai

Acted for a major finance leasing company in respect of a difficult situation where the borrower had defaulted on their obligations under the finance documentation and refused to cooperate with the company in the repossession. We had overall conduct of the matter, advising on the English law issues arising out of the financing documentation and working with lawyers in other jurisdictions such as Thailand, England and the BVI to successfully repossess the vessel.

Acting for and representing a major Chinese owner in respect of all the disputes arising out of the collapse of OW Bunker in November 2014. We successfully settled the claims with OWB’s Receivers, ING, and are presently working with lawyers in Rotterdam, New York and Singapore to assist the owner in defending claims in court proceedings or arbitration from physical suppliers.

Acting in various matters with instructions coming from the Shanghai office of a P & I Club in the International Group.

Hong Kong

Acting in various matters with instructions coming from the various offices of P & I Clubs in the International Group.

Acting for a Hong Kong shipowner in various claims for demurrage against a significant Hong Kong charterer that has now gone insolvent. Advising on the issues arising from the insolvency and assisting the shipowner with pursuing the guarantor of the Hong Kong charterer by way of Hong Kong court proceedings.