LAWYER PROFILE
Kavita Shah

Kavita Shah

UK 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

Kavita specialises in international, structured, asset and project finance and leasing transactions in the maritime sector.

She acts for a number of financial institutions and international corporations as well as shipping companies.

Kavita has a wide range of experience including the structuring of shipping finance, lease and other credit-wrapped structures, export credit backed products and project financing transactions involving a variety of maritime and offshore assets. She has also advised on the sale and/or purchase of portfolios of performing and non-performing shipping loans.

Kavita joined WFW in 2001 and has spent time in the firm’s Singapore, Paris and Athens offices, as well as on secondment with Lloyds TSB Bank in the shipping section of the Structured Asset Finance department.

She is recommended as an expert shipping finance lawyer by legal directories Legal 500 UK and IFLR 1000, the former of which described her in 2018-19 as “attentive, methodical and user-friendly”.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Asset Finance: Shipping Finance - UK-wide

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial

Kavita Shah has prowess in maritime asset finance, often representing creditors. She is experienced in portfolio acquisitions, refinancing and credit facilities.

Strengths

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  • The exceptional, dedicated Kavita Shah is creative and knowledgeable, making her our trusted adviser for both new money and refinancing work.

    Asset Finance: Shipping FinanceChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • Kavita manages to be strong without confrontation and is highly focused on client satisfaction.

    Asset Finance: Shipping FinanceChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • Kavita is very much strong on human resilience and finding a way to manage strong characters.

    Asset Finance: Shipping FinanceChambers Guide to the Legal Profession

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