Cátia Henriques Fernandes
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Band 1 : Transportation: Shipping
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About
Provided by Cátia Henriques Fernandes
Practice Areas
Shipping; Ship Finance
Career
Cátia Fernandes is the founder of CF - Maritime Legal Services, an office based in Madeira focused in shipping and maritime law.
Cátia has close to two decades of experience in shipping and ship finance, with a vast background in providing services to international companies in the maritime sector.
Cátia acts as legal advisor in cross border transactions on behalf of international shipowners, banks and leasing entities. Particularly, Cátia provides legal assistance in matters related to ship registration and maritime guarantees, with particular emphasis on ship mortgages. Cátia actively intervenes in complex credit facilities and financing structures secured by mortgages registered in Madeira.
Other expertise includes the incorporation and management of shipping companies licensed to operate within the Madeira IBC.
Cátia also assists clients in other shipping related matters including regulatory, crewing, labour, tax and social security matters.
Professional Memberships
Portuguese Bar Association. European Maritime Law Organization. Iberoamerican Institute of Maritime Law.
Publications
Author of several articles on maritime related matters.