About

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Stephenson Harwood is recognised as having one of the world’s leading shipping and offshore practices and its lawyers are consistently ranked as best in class. We are consistently instructed by most of the major shipping and offshore companies, energy service companies, oil and gas businesses, shipyards, insurers, commodity companies, sponsors, lenders and private equity providers. 

In shipping and offshore our lawyers advise on services spanning:

  • Finance: senior, mezzanine and subordinated debt and covering corporate finance, ship and offshore finance, blended corporate and asset finance, export credit agency backed, leasing, project finance, limited recourse and derivatives
  • Corporate: mergers and acquisitions, capital raisings, debt for equity swaps, group reorganisations and restructurings, joint ventures, private equity investments and general corporate advice on a range of matters including regulatory compliance, equity incentives, competition issues and succession planning
  • Commercial: project tender processes, project documents, building contracts, pooling arrangements, conversion contracts, sale and purchase and charterparty agreements 
  • Disputes: risk mitigation, litigation, arbitration and mediation, international sanctions and arrests and enforcements
  • Restructuring: debt restructuring and refinancing, debt for equity swaps, schemes or arrangement, judicial management, chapter 11 and insolvency

Chambers Review

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Shipping: International: Litigation - Singapore

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Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Stephenson Harwood houses an outstanding shipping finance team with an impressive bench of experienced shipping lawyers in Singapore. The team regularly acts on the full range of financing matters and is particularly active on restructuring work. The firm also offers a strong litigation practice, including cargo disputes and matters involving ship arrests. The department's clients include international banks and creditors, shipping companies and ship leasing companies. Stephenson Harwood has the ability to offer a one-stop shop for English and Singapore law advice through its joint venture with Virtus Law.

Work Highlights

  • Stephenson Harwood co-advised Cyan Renewables on its acquisition of MMA Offshore, a Perth-based offshore vessel support company, for an implied equity value of AUD1.1 billion.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Iain Young
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Iain Young
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Senior Statespeople

Iain Young acts for major banks and shipowners on a range of financing work, including restructuring matters, and vessel acquisitions and sales.

Iain Young is very well regarded.

Gregg Johnston
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Gregg Johnston
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Band 1

Gregg Johnston is widely acknowledged as a top choice and market leader for ship finance work in Singapore. He typically advises major banks on a range of matters, such as sustainability-linked loans or acquisition financing.

Gregg is very switched on with the market, with deep expertise in all aspects of shipping finance transactions.

He is a highly diligent and hardworking lawyer with comprehensive expertise in the shipping industry.

Huay Yee Kwan
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Huay Yee Kwan
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Band 2

Huay Yee Kwan is well respected in the ship financing legal market in Singapore. She is well versed in acting for banking clients on ship financing, including joint ventures and lease facilities. She is well placed to advise Chinese clients and has acted on restructuring mandates for PRC lessors.

Huay Yee is the queen of Chinese financing.

Michelle Yong
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Michelle Yong
3
Band 3

Michelle Yong is a reputable name in Singapore's shipping litigation space. She is proficient in handling contractual disputes for banks and shipping companies, as well as restructurings and related ship arrests.

It is an absolute pleasure to work with Michelle on all aspects. She is a trusted, go-to partner for any legal advice.

Michelle Yong is dedicated, extremely knowledgeable and a fierce advocate to have in your corner.

Pedram Norton
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Pedram Norton
3
Band 3

Pedram Norton has a solid reputation in Singapore's ship finance legal market. He often handles financings for vessel and fleet acquisitions, as well as sale and leaseback transactions and debt restructuring.

He is an exceptional lawyer who pairs deep industry knowledge with commercial sensibility, and is always looking to make a fair deal.

Jeffrey Tanner
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Jeffrey Tanner
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Up and Coming

Jeffrey Tanner is well regarded by clients for his experience advising on a range of ship finance matters. He typically advises maritime clients on sale and leaseback financing and also possesses experience advising major banks on debt ship financing transactions.

Justin Gan
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Justin Gan
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Up and Coming

Justin Gan is recommended by clients and market sources for his deft handling of a broad range of shipping disputes. He boasts experience advising on disputes related to bills of lading and ship financing, and is praised for his Mandarin-speaking abilities.

Ranked Lawyers at
Stephenson Harwood LLP

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Singapore

Shipping: International: Finance

Iain Young
S
Iain Young
S
Senior Statespeople
Gregg Johnston
1
Gregg Johnston
1
Band 1
Huay Yee Kwan
2
Huay Yee Kwan
2
Band 2
Pedram Norton
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Pedram Norton
3
Band 3
Jeffrey Tanner
U
Jeffrey Tanner
U
Up and Coming
Shipping: International: Litigation

Michelle Yong
3
Michelle Yong
3
Band 3
Justin Gan
U
Justin Gan
U
Up and Coming

Members

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Gregg Johnston

Gregg Johnston

Head of Department

Gregory Xu

Jeffrey Tanner

Justin Gan

Matthew Seah

Industries

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Marine and International Trade

Shipping and offshore finance