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The independent shipping practice at Villeneau Rohart Simon, with offices in Paris and Marseille, provides comprehensive assistance to ship owning companies, P&I clubs, classification societies, and corporates in the commodities trading industry. Bertrand Coste, based in Marseille, specialises in mega yachts and has significant dispute experience related to ship finance and customs regulations. Sébastien Lootgieter, located in Paris, is a specialist in maritime law and commodity trading, complemented by Patrick Simon, who brings expertise in admiralty issues, international arbitrations, pollution cases, and strikes. Jean-Serge Rohart, an expert in classification society disputes, further enhances the practice’s capabilities.
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Work highlights
- Advising an international trading house based in Geneve on an action brought by trader against war-risk underwriters following arrest and seizure of a consignment of metals in Chinese port following global fraud in the amount of $180m.
- Assisting a French trading house specialising in trading of sugar in an action against war-risk underwriters following forced sale of a cargo of sugar in West Africa in the amount of $3m.
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