Acquisitions and disposals are pivotal moments for businesses operating in the maritime and offshore industry.
These transactions often involve complex assets, cross-border considerations, and evolving regulatory requirements, making clarity and commercial insight essential at every stage.
Clients typically seek guidance on structuring deals, due diligence, managing risk, and ensuring compliance with international and local laws. Whether acquiring a single vessel, a fleet, or offshore infrastructure, clients need advice that is both technically robust and commercially focused. Timely, practical support is crucial to secure value and minimise disruption to ongoing operations.
Our team works closely with ship owners, operators, investors, financiers, and energy companies worldwide, advising on all aspects of maritime and offshore transactions. We handle the full spectrum of acquisitions and disposals, from initial due diligence and contract negotiation to completion and post-transaction support.
Our lawyers draw on deep sector knowledge and experience in key maritime and offshore hubs, enabling us to anticipate challenges and deliver solutions that align with clients’ strategic goals.
Clients choose us for our ability to combine legal rigour with commercial acumen, ensuring each transaction is completed smoothly and efficiently.
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就所有融资安排提供建议，以协助船舶购买。
Some of our most relevant experiences supporting clients with acquisitions.
- Advised Global Chartering Limited in relation to a US$30 million loan facility from BNP Paribas. The loan facility will assist them with their acquisition of the vessels AM POINT LISAS, AM GHENT and AM TUBARAO, which came off long-term leases.
- Advised StraitNZ on its €55 million purchase of the Cyprus-flagged ro-pax ferry m.v. Livia, formerly known as Stena Livia, from Stena Line.
- Advised MPC Container Ships on a US$102 million K-SURE backed loan facility from Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank to finance the acquisition of two wide beam eco-design container ships under construction at HJ Shipbuilding & Construction in South Korea.
- Advised a European financier on a US$65 million secured green loan facility to a Middle Eastern based shipping group to finance the acquisition of three new 'ammonia ready' ultramax vessels, which will be fitted with solar panels, wind turbined and a batteries for energy storage.
- Advised a well-known global maritime group in connection with its borrowing of a secured loan facility in excess of US$300 million in order to finance its acquisition of two LNG carriers to service charter obligations with a Singapore based LNG organisation.
就处置工作的各个方面提供建议，包括退役项目。
Some of our most relevant experiences supporting clients with disposal.
- Advised a joint venture company owned by Altera Infrastructure and Ocyan on its disposal to Karoon Energy of a FPSO vessel deployed off the coast of Brazil.
- Advised a multinational bank on a complex disposal of a fleet of ships.
- Advised a prominent shipping group in connection with its financial restructuring, including putting in place (i) an override agreement to harmonise key terms across all facilities, (ii) new security and credit facility, (iii) amendment to existing financing arrangements combined with time charter-in restructuring and (iv) a programme of asset disposals.
- Advised on contracts for the disposal and recycling of decommissioned materials.
- Advised on disposal of North Sea assets where decommissioning liability was a major issue for the buyer and the seller.
