Kromann Reumert
Kromann Reumert’s broad practice covers all areas of shipping and transport law, including both contentious and transactional work, including sale and purchase of ships, building contracts and M&A transactions within the shipping industry, alongside ship financing and restructuring of shipping companies. Practice head Jakob Rosing specialises in a broad range of contentious matters, specifically those regarding marine and transport insurance. The ‘high calibre’ Thomas Kaas has over 26 years' experience advising on shipping mandates, focusing primarily on sale and purchase of ships, newbuilding contracts, tax leases and ship financing.
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‘They work very well together as a team. They are always available and always bringing new ideas to the table to solve problems. I have worked seamlessly with the lawyers in Denmark and the UK in the same transaction.’
‘Thomas Kaas is a high calibre partner. It is an absolute pleasure to work with him. He is calm in a tense situation. His assessment of the interests of the various parties around a negotiation table are extremely useful to solve problems and conclude deals.'
- 'Mette Riber Rasmussen is a fantastic lawyer.’
- 'Jakob Rosing was extremely hands-on in communications concerning the matter and was very responsive to queries. His advice and recommendations were clear, effective, and pragmatic, and helped secure a successful outcome for the client.'
Key clients
- Codan Insurance
- If Skadeforsikring (If P&C Insurance)
- Cadeler
- SAS Cargo Group
- Royal Arctic Line
- Falcon Maritime
- W.E. Cox Claims Group Limited
- Lars Larsen Group
- Royal Greenland
- Fjord Line
- Gjensidige Forsikring
- F&H Group A/S
- Danish Ship Finance
- W K Webster & Co Ltd
- SKULD
- Ziton A/S
- Danish P&I ApS
- Musholm A/S
- Saga Shipping A/S
Work highlights
- Assisted Ziton A/S with the purchase of jack-up vessel GUO DIAN TOU 001.
- Successfully represented British American Tobacco before the Supreme Court in a cargo claim matter in which the Supreme Court overturned decisions of the lower courts which had found that a direct claim against the carrier's liability insurers was time barred.
- Assisted hull & machinery underwriters If P&C Insurance with recourse claims following an engine explosion onboard the fishing vessel MUNIN which caused substantial damages to the vessel.
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Jakob Rosing