Marco Manzone

Practice Areas

Marco Manzone is a dual-qualified shipping lawyer (Italy and England & Wales) with over 15 years of experience in shipping law, maritime and international transport, logistics, yachting law, and the sale & purchase of commodities. His practice covers both dry and wet matters, including ship registration, sale and purchase transactions for ships and yachts, ship and yacht finance, charterparty disputes, integrated logistics, and multimodal and terrestrial transport. He has particular expertise in claim management and complex cross-border disputes.

Marco advises shipowners, P&I Clubs, yacht owners, insurers, logistics operators, and major transport companies on contractual, regulatory, and contentious matters. His expertise extends to the yacht industry, where he provides legal guidance on sale and purchase transactions, charter agreements, and disputes.

With a deep understanding of both common law and civil law frameworks, Marco offers clients a strategic advantage in international transactions and disputes, particularly in the shipping, logistics, and yachting industries.

Career

Throughout his career, Marco has advised shipowners, P&I Clubs, insurers, traders, yacht owners, logistics operators, and major transport companies on a wide range of contractual, regulatory, and contentious matters. He has extensive experience handling high-profile claims and transactions across the shipping, transport, commodities, and yacht law sectors, providing legal guidance on complex contractual frameworks, ship and yacht finance, sale and purchase transactions, and charterparty disputes.

With dual qualifications in civil and common law jurisdictions, Marco offers clients pragmatic, commercially driven solutions in complex cross-border matters.

Professional Memberships

Marco Manzone was admitted to the Italian Bar in 2006 and is a member of the Genoa Bar. After successfully completing the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test (QLTT), he joined the Law Society of England and Wales in October 2012 as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales.

Languages Spoken

Marco’s mother tongue is Italian. He is fluent in English and Spanish and has a basic knowledge of French and German.