Insurance/Marine/Aviation

Overview

Based on our experience and network of insurance companies, we provide legal advice on all aspects of insurance, including property and casualty, liability, life, and group insurance, as well as disputes and transactions related to shipping, maritime, and aviation. We also provide various legal services on behalf of domestic and foreign shipowners, charterers, P&I clubs, insurers, carriers, agents, shippers, stevedores, and stevedoring companies, as well as for domestic and foreign airlines, insurers, air carriers, air transportation agents, and various shippers, and for leading domestic and foreign insurance companies based on our experience in advising them.

Key Services

Advising and litigating maritime accidents such as ship collisions, maritime pollution, salvage, and joint damages
Advising on shipbuilding, conversion and repair, chartering, sale and purchase and the financing thereof.
Advising and litigating charterparties, ship agency agreements, and freight forwarding contracts.
Advice and dispute resolution regarding bills of lading, freight or demurrage
Application for and representation in shipowners' limitation of liability proceedings
Vessel foreclosures, priority lien work, etc.
Legal advice and litigation regarding airline accidents
Advice and litigation related to air cargo transportation
Buying, selling, leasing, and financing aircraft
Legal advice on various international treaties relating to aircraft
Advising and litigating property, casualty, marine, aviation, liability, and life insurance cases
Legal disputes under various insurance policies and interpretation of related terms and conditions
Advising and litigating various specialty insurance matters
Advising and litigating reinsurance matters