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Mayer Brown JSM is a leading provider of legal services in the shipping field advising on all aspects of maritime law. Having played an active role in the shipping industry for over 100 years, we are able to offer extensive knowledge and experience in a full range of shipping-related services throughout Asia.

Our range of services include:

  • ship finance for new building and second-hand vessels; shipyard and container
  • finance; syndications, structured finance and hire purchase arrangements
  • ship sale and purchase; vessel registration; charter parties, new building and other contracts
  • joint ventures; shipping projects; liner and pooling arrangements; taxation
  • general shipping and ship management and
  • shipbuilding and ship leasing disputes.
The practice is particularly renowned for its ship finance capabilities and has advised on numerous award-winning transactions, including:
  • Mitsui OSK Lines and Qatar LNG carriers transaction – “Asset Finance Deal of the Year 2006” by Asian Legal Business Awards
  • Citibank / China Exim Bank co-financing for China Shipping Group – “Trade Finance Deal of the Year 2006” by Trade Finance magazine
  • Guangdong LNG Vessel Financing – “Shipping Deal of the Year 2004” by Asian Legal Business Awards
The firm also won “Asset Finance Law Firm of the Year” by Asian Legal Business in 2004 and 2005.

What the directories say:

“The firm has been the predominant law firm for shipping finance for decades. It retains a strong domestic stranglehold on the Hong Kong market, undertaking a voluminous amount of work for a diverse range of shipping industry clients." –- Chambers Global 2007

“With a mighty contentious shipping practice, JSM is often regarded as the premier firm for representing the major financial institutions for ship finance in Asia.”
Asia Pacific Legal 500 2007/08

 

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