Maritime Finance
Overview
Our Maritime Group's broad knowledge of the maritime industry enables us to
provide a full range of legal services to the maritime community
and gives us the ability to manage complex transactions efficiently
and effectively. We are able to deal with any maritime related
transaction, from the most complex structured and leasing
transaction, to the more straightforward sale and purchase
transaction and charterparty negotiation. We handle domestic
and international ship finance transactions, and we represent
a cross section of banks, arrangers, investors, owners, charterers,
insurers, chartering and ship brokers, ship managers and agents,
shipowners and operators.
Global Scope
We are particularly well-known for our expertise in international
and cross-border leasing and structured finance; we actively
advise on operating leases and other off-balance sheet financing,
structured charterparties and pooling arrangements, new building
contracts, full pay-out lease financing, credit enhancement
structures, insurance policies, including lender and asset
protection, sale and purchase arrangements, flagging, taxation,
syndication methods and asset sales, risk management, enforcement
of security, international mergers & acquisitions, LNG
projects, port infrastructure financing and privatization.
Flexible Practice Organization Driven by Client Needs
In France, our team members have been at the forefront of
the development of tax leasing for vessels. In the UK, we
have acted for nearly all the large ticket lessors in the
tax lease market. In the US, we have been involved in several
equities offerings to the maritime industry and we are leaders
in US leasing techniques. In Milan, we are developing structures
adapted to the specific needs of international lenders dealing
with the maritime community. In Tokyo, we are actively involved
in the development of the LNG industry and the shipping component
relating to this industry.
Our flexible organization is adapted to our clients'
needs. The diversity of skills in other areas of the firm
such as tax, securitization, private equity and corporate
allows us to pull together teams to match the particular needs
of each transaction. We also work in teams across our offices
worldwide.
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