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Featured Articles: Shipping & Maritime

Pirates of old are romanticised in books and films, such as Pirates of the Caribbean. There’s nothing romantic about modern pirates and their methods. The international community will have to work hard to drive them out of business. Meantime, their exploits will throw up interesting issues for us maritime lawyers to deal with.

The Role of Forum Non Conveniens in Declining to Recognise New York Convention Awards

Jeremy Harwood

The 1958 Convention on The Recognition And Enforcement Of Foreign Arbitral Awards (the New York Convention) now has 144 signatories. Only 48 of the United Nations’ member states have not adopted the Convention. As such, it can fairly be considered the “international law of nations”.

Roundtable: Shipping & Maritime

The International Who’s Who of Shipping & Maritime Lawyers has brought together four of the leading practitioners in the world to discuss legal trends, client-firm relationships and the effects of the global recession on their practice.

The Default Arbitration Clause in Standard Form Contracts: Time to Revisit?

Jude P Benny - Joseph Tan Jude Benny LLP

Historically, London has been the centre of all things maritime. Notwithstanding the decline of its status as a port, London has managed to stay relevant to the maritime world by virtue of its status as a trading hub, and the ancillary services that congregate around the city, to support the trading activities.

The Credit Crunch: Impact on Shipping Contracts

Jonathan Lux - Ince & Co

Victoria Waite - Ince & Co.

The past few months have seen an almost unprecedented global financial crisis - slumping stock markets, extremely volatile exchange rates and massive government intervention, in the banking sector in particular.

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Analysis: Shipping & Maritime

Most Highly Regarded Firms: Shipping & Maritime 2010

Our extensive research uncovers 449 shipping and maritime experts worldwide. We highlight some of the leading firms and practitioners.

Research Trends and Conclusions: Shipping & Maritime 2010

Jessica Harvey - Who's Who Legal

“Litigation is a driving force for almost every law firm in the UK today, because corporate work levels are nothing like they were before.” In a tough economic climate it is unsurprising that lawyers everywhere have experienced a consistent rise in disputes-related work. Shipping and maritime, as our source notes, is certainly no different. But this is only part of the picture: freight rates are still low, arbitration lists are lengthening and the number of piracy incidents continues to rise.

Most Highly Regarded Firms: CIS 2010 - Aviation & Shipping

Our research identifies 12 leading lawyers in the field of shipping and aviation within the CIS region, with Russia and Ukraine best represented.

Research Trends and Conclusions: Shipping & Maritime 2009

"People think the stock market went down: in fact in the space of a week, freight rates fell off a cliff." That is how one source described the sudden end to a prolonged period of prosperity for the shipping industry, and the beginning of its misfortunes.

Most Highly Regarded Firms: Shipping & Maritime 2009

Two firms head the shipping and maritime legal market. Between them, Holman Fenwick Willan and Ince & Co produce 49 of the nearly 400 individuals we feature, and each are represented in eight countries in the following pages.

Most Highly Regarded Firms: Texas 2008 - Shipping & Maritime

Official figures for May 2008 show Texas to be the leading US state in the export of manufactured commodities, generating 12.4 per cent of the country's total revenue in this sector.

Most Highly Regarded Firms: UAE 2008 - Shipping & Maritime

Home to 15 major seaports including Jebel Ali, the world's largest man-made harbour, and with 2007 exports estimated to be worth in excess of US$156 billion, the UAE is one of the most sophisticated trading hubs in the Middle East. Part of the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce's "2030 Strategy" is the further cultivation of an "export-orientated economy"; an initiative that means the docks will remain of central importance to sustained growth in the region. The 12 lawyers in this chapter hail from seven firms, local and international, and are uniquely placed to take full advantage of this dynamic and evolving shipping market.

Most Highly Regarded Firms: Florida 2007 - Shipping & Maritime

Shipping and maritime law is, by its very nature, a broad practice. In essence it is a collection of legal matters that only occur at sea, or involve the maritime industry or those using its services. Our research uncovers 20 individuals from nine firms, all extolled for their work on a variety of matters of shipping and maritime law. They work on issues relating to charter-parties, contracts for carriage of goods and cargo claims to collisions, salvage, products liability and personal injury cases. A number of shipping lawyers, who specialise in non-contentious work, also appear, acting for financiers, shipyards and owners on complex financial arrangements.

Most Highly Regarded Firms: Singapore 2007 - Shipping & Maritime

Singapore is the busiest port in the world in terms of shipping tonnage, receiving an average of 140,000 vessel calls per year. In 2004, total vessel arrivals for the year, again in terms of tonnage, reached 1.04 billion gross tons, and it is also a world leader for container trans-shipment according to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore. As such, it is unsurprising that Singapore is a major centre for shipping law expertise, and our research picks out 23 individuals from 15 firms who lead in the finance, contentious and non-contentious sides of shipping law.

Shipping & Maritime

Featured Articles: Shipping & Maritime

Jonathan Lux - Ince & Co

Jude P Benny - Joseph Tan Jude Benny LLP

Jonathan Lux - Ince & Co

Victoria Waite - Ince & Co.

Analysis: Shipping & Maritime

Jessica Harvey - Who's Who Legal

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