Shipping

Scope of our shipping practice

Norton Rose Group is one of a few global legal practices able to provide all the services needed by today’s sophisticated shipping companies. Shipping has been at our core throughout our 200-year history. We are one of the world’s leading transport practices.

The scale of our shipping practice sets us apart from the rest of the field. Our experience is, as a result, particularly wide-ranging. We are expert in shipping finance, mergers and acquisitions, competition and regulation, infrastructure, energy and shipping litigation. Our clients include owners and operators, banks, trading houses, lessors charterers, oil majors, LNG operators, brokers, ship builders, container shippers and cruise ship operators. We are qualified to handle everything from the most complex tax lease structures to anti-competition actions, from ship conversion disputes to offshore disputes.

Team and market reputation

Our multi-disciplinary shipping team, consisting of over 100 specialist shipping lawyers, advises clients in all sectors within the global shipping industry including commercial and investment banks, lessors, shipowners, charterers, shipyards, P&I clubs and ship managers.

Our full service team in London is strengthened by strong European and Asian practices, with shipping specialists advising on a variety of practice areas.

“…the firm is well placed to handle both high-volume and complex transactions”. Chambers and Partners, 2011