Marcel Verhagen

Practice Areas

TRANSPORT & INTERNATIONAL TRADE

The Transport and International Trade Team focuses on all legal issues concerning international land and sea transport. This team specializes in:

- Collisions

- Cargo damage

- Disputes on ship building contracts

- Charter parties, ship’s agency agreements, stevedoring damage and bill of lading conditions

- Ships' arrests

- Liability under the CMR-convention

- Commercial contracts (franchising, distribution and agency)

The wet practice is an international litigation practice. If a case cannot be settled amicably, the case is brought to litigation. The lawyers in this team have the expertise to arrest a vessel within some hours after the instructions have been received. On the other hand, they also have the knowledge and expertise to obtain the lifting of an arrest.

This practice group acts for, amongst others: Dutch and foreign ship owners, charterers, P&I Clubs, H&M and other liability underwriters, FD&D underwriters, shipbrokers, ship agents, freight forwarders, bunker suppliers, tug companies, stevedores, container lease companies, yards, trucking, air freight and physical distribution companies. We deal with both deep sea and inland navigation matters including yachting matters.

Our work includes contracts of carriage, charter disputes, cargo claims, personal injury, P&I claims in general, salvage and collision, ships arrest and arrest in general, shipbuilding contracts and disputes with suppliers, recovery, contract review and advisory work on general conditions and liability claims in general.

All lawyers are admitted to the Rotterdam bar and have experience in litigating before all the courts of the Netherlands. In addition our work includes arbitration proceedings before the national and international arbitration institutes, including arbitrations under the LMAA terms and ICC Arbitration Rules.

INSURANCE & LIABILITY

The Practice Group Insurance & Liability has a wealth of experience in dealing with a wide range of cases.

Delivering value is of paramount importance to us. We approach each case from a pragmatic point of view, whether in litigation or out of court. We work with our clients to identify and define their goals and develop a litigation strategy that best meets those goals. We then draw upon our extensive resources to implement that strategy in a responsive and cost-effective manner.

The Practice Group Insurance & Liability assists and acts against insurance companies as well as other parties in respect of claims based on e.g. damage of goods, transport damage, personal injury and liability for (professional) faults of, e.g., lawyers, managing directors, supervisory board members, real estate agents, valuators and insurance brokers.