Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Finance

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Provided by Cozen O'Connor

Cozen O’Connor’s Maritime Corporate and Finance attorneys represent foreign and domestic vessel owners, offshore energy rig owners, maritime-related investors, and financial institutions in complex cross-border and domestic transactions. We assist owners of all types of vessels engaged in the maritime trades, and work with banks, private equity funds, individual investors and other lending institutions whose portfolios include foreign and/or domestic maritime-related assets.

Our practice covers traditional asset-backed ship finance, leasing transactions and other custom-tailored financings valued in the billions of dollars. We help clients raise capital through private lending institutions, the issuance of publicly traded debt and securities, private placement of government guaranteed loans, and secured and unsecured debt obligations.

We advise clients on the Maritime Administration Title XI Loan Guarantee Program, Maritime Security Program, Capital Construction Fund, U.S. cargo preference programs, Export-Import Bank lending, and all relevant maritime regulations, including the Jones Act, dredging, fisheries, other cabotage laws, U.S. build requirements, and environmental protection laws. We have significant experience negotiating and drafting contracts with shipyards and other vendors engaged in vessel construction. We also frequently serve as special counsel in mergers and acquisitions that involve maritime-related assets.