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THE FIRM: Wikborg Rein is a full-service international law firm with over 230 lawyers based in our offices in London, Oslo, Bergen, Singapore and Shanghai. The London office is home to a large specialised shipping and offshore team, and our lawyers are leaders in the transport, shipping, infrastructure, construction, energy, trade, commodities, and insurance sectors. Within those sectors, we have unique experience with projects, finance, commercial contracts, alternative dispute resolution, commercial litigation, fraud and asset recovery. Some of our principal areas of work are detailed below, and further details and case examples can be found on our lawyer profiles on our firm's website.
Shipping & Offshore: We provide advice and assistance for the entire life cycle of shipping and offshore assets. This includes transactional, disputes, construction and emergency response teams.
Superyachts: We are experienced in providing "project counsel" advice for ongoing builds and conversions of super-yachts, as well as in relation to high value, complex yacht-building, sale and charter disputes.
Commodities / Energy / LNG: We cover projects, finance, production, sale & purchase, storage and transportation. We have a highly specialised team of experts for LNG work, especially in FLNG projects.
Disputes: Our disputes team covers all of our core sectors, together with general commercial work and construction/infrastructure. We have a strong focus on enforcement and asset recovery.
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Wikborg Rein regularly acts for clients in the shipping and offshore industries including owners, offshore contractors and financiers. It routinely undertakes work on maritime casualties, shipbuilding, and vessel sale and purchase. The firm possesses a specialist LNG practice covering finance, shipping and trade.
Wikborg Rein represented MSC in claims exceeding USD300 million related to the fire on the containership 'Maersk Honam' in the Arabian Sea.
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They have an outstanding availability combined with deep professional knowledge and a personal approach.
They have a great understanding of complex legal and technical issues and the ability to explain the issues clearly to the clients.
Their professionalism, accuracy in legal reasoning, promptness and savviness stand out here.
They have an outstanding availability combined with deep professional knowledge and a personal approach.
They have a great understanding of complex legal and technical issues and the ability to explain the issues clearly to the clients.
Their professionalism, accuracy in legal reasoning, promptness and savviness stand out here.
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Michael is a very experienced and talented lawyer who is always a pleasure to work with.
He is very technical and knows his stuff.
He made the process easier and was pragmatic and responsive.
Respected practitioner Jonathan Goldfarb acts on a variety of complex shipping matters, with particular expertise in LNG-related issues.
Jonathan is very personable and likeable.
Baptiste Weijburg regularly undertakes complex contentious matters. He also shows expertise in negotiating contracts and drafting compliance procedures.
Baptiste is responsive, supportive and practical, providing quick advice and guidance on all kinds of matters.
Baptiste is smart and quick, with intimate knowledge of the law while being commercially minded.
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