Shipping
UK Guide 2025 : Scotland
Band 2
Contact number
(0131) 228 2400About
Provided by Addleshaw Goddard LLP
Please visit the Addleshaw Goddard website to find out more about our work in this area:
https://www.addleshawgoddard.com/en/sectors/transport/shipping/
Chambers Review
Addleshaw Goddard is highly regarded for its work with a range of clients including banks, ship owners and operators. The team is noted for strong capability in shipbuilding contracts, ship registration, and vessel sale and purchase. It is also recognised for expertise in offshore operations in the Caspian Sea and frequently handles ship finance matters for both borrowers and lenders.
Work Highlights
- Addleshaw Goddard represented CMAL in the procurement of two vessels for the Scottish ferry network.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Complex legal advice is given in succinct, user-friendly language."
"The team is an experienced voice on complex shipping matters. They offer excellent responses, enthusiasm and flexibility."
"They have excellent technical knowledge. Their advice is practical and to the point."
"Complex legal advice is given in succinct, user-friendly language."
"The team is an experienced voice on complex shipping matters. They offer excellent responses, enthusiasm and flexibility."
"They have excellent technical knowledge. Their advice is practical and to the point."
Notable Practitioners
Head of the shipping team at Addleshaw Goddard, Ed Watt is well regarded for advising on complex commercial and transactional shipping instructions. He regularly acts for clients on the sale, purchase and registration of commercial vessels, commercial agreements and tender negotiations for major projects and shipbuilding contracts, in addition to advising banks on marine assets.
"Ed Watt is the go-to person for maritime law."
"Ed is a highly experienced and client-focused lawyer. He has unpacked complex issues with ease for the benefit of the uninitiated amongst us on a variety of shipping law matters."
"Ed is an excellent lawyer."
Alan Shanks is a ship finance practitioner who frequently advises businesses operating in the Middle East and the Caspian region. He also handles corporate work including transactions for ship-owning companies and the creation of joint ventures.
Chloe Oakshett is an associate who advises clients across a range of contentious and non-contentious maritime issues. She has assisted clients with matters including the sale, purchase and registration of vessels, as well as marine casualty and fleet restructures.
"Her service is great."
"Chloe is very commercial and has a very good understanding of our business. Her drafting is excellent and her approach is always the right one."