Ranked in 2 Practice Areas

Expertise Based Abroad

Shipping

Liberia

3 Years Ranked

Expertise Based Abroad

General Business Law

Marshall Islands

5 Years Ranked

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Provided by John Benson

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John in a Partner in the Finance Group.

John regularly represents financial institutions, private equity and other investment funds as well as foreign and domestic owners and operators in the international shipping markets, with an emphasis on the negotiation and documentation of cross-border asset-backed structured transactions and joint ventures.

Career

John is admitted to practice law in New York and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and advises and issues opinions relating to entities formed in the Marshall Islands and Liberia.

He is recognized as a leading asset finance lawyer by legal directories Chambers USA, Legal 500 US and IFLR1000, with the first noting in 2018 that he is “highly knowledgeable about shipping company legal requirements across multiple areas, such as finance, asset sale and purchase, risk management and organization structure.”

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