Gjelsten Herlofsen Advokatfirma AS

Firm Details 

Gjelsten Herlofsen Law is a niche shipping and offshore law practice based in Oslo. Our team has unrivalled experience in handling complex maritime, marine and energy insurance law claims. The team has vast experience in arguing such claims in arbitration and litigation.

Main Areas of Practice - Maritime law, Marine and Energy Insurance 

The team at GHlaw has extensive experience in maritime law, including several cases regarding salvage, LOF, SCOPIC, arrest, pollution incidents, wreck removals, collisions, groundings, capsizing, fires, decomposition and piracy claims, etc. The team has been involved in the majority of all major incidents concerning Norwegian interests in recent years, including i.a. the MV "Rocknes", the MV "Bourbon Dolphin", the Coastal Steamer "Nordlys", the MV "Full City", the MV "Server", the trawler "Bukhta Naezdnik" and the MV "Cheshire".

The partners at GHlaw have successfully represented Nordic and International clients in charter party disputes, claims under Bills of Lading, cargo claims, disputes under shipbuilding- and repair contracts as well as disputes under supply agreements. We have also acted in arrest cases for a variety of maritime claims including cargo claims, salvage and pollution claims, bunker claims, ownership disputes etc., and cases regarding forced use and forced sale before Norwegian courts, including forced sales of a FSPO and supply vessel.

The team has extensive experience in marine insurance and an unique understanding of the legal principles relating to marine insurance and a thorough commercial understanding of the marketplace. We advise on the full range of legal issues that arise from marine and offshore emergencies such as collisions, groundings, pollution, fire and explosion, salvage, wreck removal and towage as well as piracy. We have represented both owners and insurers in cover disputes, insurance settlements as well as legal proceedings before the Norwegian Courts and in arbitration. We frequently advise owners as well as insurers in respect of disputes arising out of P&I, H&M, War, Cargo, FDD, D&O and Piracy covers. We have also acted in a number of direct action cased involving International, Nordic, P&I and general liability insurers.

Our experience includes:  

• Marine insurance (coverage)
• Direct action claims
• Cargo and goods in transit (at all stages of the supply chain), project cargo and DSU
• Hull and machinery and additional insurances, including increased value, mortgagee’s interest, loss of hire, and builder’s risks
• Marine and excess liabilities (including charterers’ liability, freight services liability, marine trades, ports and terminals, ship repairers’ liability, stevedore liability)
• Marine personal injury
• War and terrorism risks (including piracy, seizure/confiscation, blocking and trapping, malicious damage).
• Marine casualty work including claims arising out of collisions, groundings, salvage and general average
• Third party claims for property damage, financial loss and personal injury, including claims under bills of lading, charterparties and other contracts of carriage, by sea, road, rail and air
• Subrogated recourse actions
• Jurisdictional disputes, applicable law and the recognition and enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards
• Shipbuilding and ship repair disputes and claims against Classification Societies

Office:

Gjelsten Herlofsen Advokatfirma AS. www.ghlaw.no

Haakon VIIs gate 2,

P.O.Box 1809 Vika,

0123 Oslo

Norway

Main Contacts: 

Gaute Gjelsten - [email protected]

Frithjof Herlofsen - [email protected]

Børge Alsvik - [email protected]