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Stephenson Harwood (Singapore) Alliance 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

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What the Team is Known For

Virtus Law's well-reputed team of lawyers in Singapore advises on both shipping finance and litigation. The group is active on enforcements, including ship arrests, advising a number of international and domestic shipping companies on maritime disputes. On the financing side, the team regularly represents leading banks and financial institutions on matters pertaining to ship registration, sale and leaseback, refinancing and shipbuilding contracts. The firm maintains a notable shipping-related restructuring and insolvency practice. Virtus Law is able to provide solid international advice through its association with Stephenson Harwood.

Work Highlights

  • Virtus Law advised Standard Chartered Bank and the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation on the due diligence, project financing, and hedging aspects of the Agogo Integrated West Hub Development Project in Angola, involving the provision of a floating production, storage, and offloading asset known as FPSO Agogo.

Strengths

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Virtus Law has always been a reliable partner, and we depend on them for their industry expertise.

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They have excellent service levels and responsiveness with the ability to connect us to their other specialised lawyers.

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Notable Practitioners

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Colin Jarraw
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Colin Jarraw
2
Band 2
Colin Jarraw is well versed in ship financing, including the sale and leaseback of vessels. He advises international banks and shipping companies on matters in Singapore.

Colin is commercially savvy. He has strong relationship management and the ability to triage and connect other related parties to us.

He is a knowledgeable, responsive attorney with a great sense of business.

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Daryll Ng
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Daryll Ng
4
Band 4

Daryll Ng is known in Singapore for his adept handling of dry shipping matters, regularly assisting with cargo disputes as well as restructuring-related issues. He works with a range of multinational corporates active in the sector, including international banks and shipping companies.

He has ample knowledge of shipping matters with a great sense of responsiveness.

I have full confidence in Daryll Ng to deliver his best.

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Jason Yang
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Jason Yang
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Up and Coming

Jason Yang is an up-and-coming lawyer with expertise in a wide range of ship financing matters. He typically advises large banks on sustainability-linked loans and sale and leaseback transactions.

He is an incredibly well-rounded, interested and engaged lawyer.

Jason is very professional and great at work. Whenever an issue comes up, he is able to provide a solution quickly and to get on a call with us to discuss it.

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Virtus Law LLP

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Colin Jarraw
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Colin Jarraw
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Jason Yang
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Jason Yang
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Daryll Ng
4
Daryll Ng
4
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Members

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Colin Jarraw