Our seasoned legal team navigates the complex waters of maritime law in all aspects including providing comprehensive legal advice for matters such as shipping contracts, maritime insurance, cargo claims, and maritime arbitration. Operating from Singapore, one of the world’s busiest and leading maritime ports, we have a profound understanding of local and international maritime regulations, ensuring that your operations remain compliant with all relevant maritime laws.Our clients include shipowners, charterers, P&I Clubs, H&M underwriters, recovery agents, cargo insurers, brokers, suppliers, ship agents and managers and other institutions involved in the maritime industry.Our lawyers are well-versed in both contentious and non-contentious matters in this area. We have extensive experience in advising and handling litigation work in relation to casualties, admiralty matters, as well as charterparties & cargo claims.On the non-contentious front of shipping and offshore oil & gas work, we have acted in numerous vessel sale and purchase transactions and advised on financing and flag registration aspects both in relation to the purchase of second-hand tonnage as well as newbuilds. We also advise both buyers and yards on their shipbuilding and repair contracts, ensuring that their contracts apply the appropriate contractual risk allocation. Our work in this practice area includes advisory work and drafting of charterparties, ship management contracts, contracts of affreightment and crewing agreements. Finally, we are adept in acting for our clients in international joint ventures in the context of the deployment of their vessels into challenging jurisdictions such as Nigeria, Mexico and Saudi Arabia.