Transportation: Shipping | Europe

ARNECKE SIBETH DABELSTEIN boasts a highly regarded shipping practice with a strong offering in disputes. The law firm's particular areas of expertise include collisions, salvage and arrests as well as liability issues. The team often represents shipbuilders, insurance companies and operators as well as transport companies. ASD houses strength in shipping insurance matters, including P&I issues and special coverage concepts. Its lawyers also regularly appear in litigation and arbitration, including employment and union-related disputes for shipping clients. The practice complements its offering with transactional and commercial matters in the maritime industry, including chartering and shipbuilding contracts.

CMS offers expertise across the full spectrum of shipping law. Its team represents shipping companies, investment funds and banks. The law firm evidences a solid track record in complex shipping litigation, concerning issues such as collision or delivery failure as well as contract disputes. In addition, the firm advises on a range of shipping transactions, covering tender procedures as well as emergency financings. Its strength in asset financings in the rail sector further boosts the firm's offerings. With its international office network, CMS is also well placed to assist with cross-border work.

The boutique law firm Ehlermann Rindfleisch Gadow is renowned for its exquisite strength in ship financing mandates. The team often acts for domestic and international investment funds and banks on the financing of vessel acquisitions and the construction of newbuilds as well as loan agreements and sale-and-leaseback transactions. Further strength lies in refinancings and debt and financial restructurings. Back-to-back bareboat financings are also handled by the firm, as are other contractual shipping issues. Leasing and shipping companies as well as ship owners also belong to Ehlermann Rindfleisch Gadow's excellent client base. The practice is additionally equipped to advise on the negotiation of shipbuilding contracts and various transactional matters, in addition to handling both shipping arbitration and litigation.