Shipping

We provide a full range of legal services to banks, leasing companies and shipowners in ship finance and leasing. Our work covers reviewing and advising on finance, refinancing and leasing structures, as well as drafting and negotiating credit facilities and finance documents for individual vessels or fleets. Additionally, we structure cross-border and export credit financing and facilitate shipping debt transactions, ensuring tailored legal solutions that meet the specific needs of our clients.

Our litigation team provides extensive legal advice in charterparty disputes, ship mortgage enforcement and ship finance workouts, particularly during challenging economic times. We have successfully represented banks and lessors in significant shipping insolvencies and defaults. Our services extend to both contentious and non-contentious maritime matters, including charterparty and bill of lading disputes, ship arrest and mortgage enforcement, sale and purchase disputes, marine insurance claims, personal injury cases, pollution and environmental issues, and insolvency and restructuring matters.

We guide clients through the acquisition and sale of vessels, including drafting sale and purchase agreements and related contracts, establishing shipping funds and ship registration in Hong Kong and other major registries. We also assist with contracts for the employment of ships, including charterparties, hire purchase agreements, liner services, pooling arrangements and leases as well as time and voyage charters and contracts of affreightment.