Noé Reiff
Associate
Noé is a maritime law expert who guides clients with precise, commercially focused advice on complex maritime issues and disputes.
Associate
Noé is a maritime law expert who guides clients with precise, commercially focused advice on complex maritime issues and disputes.
Languages - English, French, Greek
Jurisdictions - England & Wales; France (Paris Bar)
Noé is a maritime and shipping specialist, focusing on shipping disputes and related advisory work. He acts in a wide range of dry and wet matters, including charterparty and COA disputes, cargo claims, collisions, general average and shipbuilding issues. Clients value his ability to cut through complexity, protect their interests and achieve practical, cost‑effective outcomes.
Alongside his private practice, Noé has significant in house experience, having worked as a legal consultant for a leading global agribusiness company, a claims executive at an International Group P&I Club and in the claims team of a major container shipping line. This background gives him a strong appreciation of the commercial and operational pressures his clients face, and enables him to provide pragmatic, commercially grounded advice.
Whether handling arbitrations and mediations or providing urgent front line guidance to masters and operators, Noé combines technical rigour with a calm, approachable and collaborative style, making him a trusted partner across the maritime sector. His multilingual capabilities and international experience further enhance his ability to support clients in cross border disputes.
Cargo contamination
Acted for owners and their P&I Club in a high value bulk rice contamination dispute under a charterparty, resisting significant security demands and negotiating a substantially reduced settlement after challenging the claimant’s quantum case.
COA repudiation
Acted for charterers in an LMAA arbitration arising out of a Contract of Affreightment, defending the owner’s claims and advancing a counterclaim for carrying charges and other losses.
Charterparty terms
Conducted a global review of standard charterparty terms for a charterer, drafting more favourable provisions on demurrage, force majeure and “utmost despatch” to improve risk allocation and reduce the likelihood of disputes.
LOIs and bills of lading
Advised owners and P&I Clubs on LOIs and bill of lading issues, including cargo commingling and pressure to issue clean bills.
Speed and performance
Acted for both owners and charterers in speed and performance disputes, advising on evidence, weather routing data and settlement strategy in LMAA arbitration and pre arbitration negotiations.
Collision
Acted for owners and their P&I Club in collision claims, addressing quantum and evidential issues and negotiating reduced settlements.
General average
Advised owners and their P&I Club on general average, including the use of hull absorption clauses and whether to pursue GA contributions from cargo interests, and provided urgent advice on GA claims approaching the one‑year time bar.
