Matthew regularly acts for both financiers and ship owners on a broad range of transaction types including, amongst others, syndicated and bilateral financings and re-financings, ECA backed financings, container box financings, sale and leaseback transactions, loan facility restructurings as well as advising on general vessel sale and purchase transactions.
In particular, Matthew also has extensive experience advising on distressed loan facilities and has advised numerous financiers in relation to the management of borrower defaults, loan accelerations, collateral due diligence, coordination of lending syndicates and ultimately the enforcement, management and realisation of secured assets. As part of this body of work, Matthew has assisted clients to coordinate multiple vessel arrests as well as private, hybrid and judicial sales of secured vessels in a number of different jurisdictions, where necessary taking a leading role in coordinating cross border and cross practise teams with litigation focused colleagues and overseas lawyers.
Matthew regularly engages with matters spanning multiple jurisdictions and has experience in dealing with the various stakeholders in the shipping and offshore financing space including financial institutions, ship owners, shipyards, brokers, local lawyers in key jurisdictions as well as maritime authorities and shipping registries. Specifically, Matthew has worked on a wide range of instructions related to the Korean market and has broad experience working with Korean ship owners, banks and local counsel.
Whilst at Stephenson Harwood, Matthew has also enjoyed the experience of a client secondment with a major international bank through its Singapore office and is also a member of the firm's 'Innovation Network', working with the firm's central innovation team to explore new processes and technologies to improve the firm's offering to our clients.