SANDS‘s dedicated maritime law offering spans all aspects of shipping-related work, including contentious mandates, construction work, insurance issues, and corporate matters. The team is under the leadership of Simone Häderle Ingeberg, who is a key name for contentious matters, and Marit Kirkhusmo, who is recommended for ship financing and restructuring work. Other key practitioners include Guy Leonard, who has a track record in advising on project development and vessel chartering issues, Hallvard Janbu Høyem, and Ane Dahlen.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Very efficient and high quality.’
‘Simone Häderle Ingeberg - very quick, efficient, intelligent, super cooperative and nice. A pleasure to work with her.’
Key clients
- Akastor ASA/ DDW Offshore AS
- Eitzen AS
- Vard Group AS, Norway and Fincantieri, Italy
- Höegh LNG Ltd
- Eitzen Avanti AS, Norway and Christiania Shipping A/S, Denmark
- DeepOcean
- NORAC AS
- WoodNor AS
- Höegh LNG Ltd / AS
- Gjensidige
Work highlights
- Assisted Akastor ASA/DDW Offshore AS in connection with a $31m refinancing of three anchor handling vessels.
- Assisted Höegh LNG with the charter of a floating storage and regasification unit to the Egyptian State gas company.
- Assisted Eitzen Avanti AS and Christiania Shipping A/S in the acquisition of B-Gas A/S, B-Gas NSG, B-Gas Pelagic and their subsidiaries from Bergshav and its partners.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Simone Häderle Ingeberg, Marit Kirkhusmo