Reed Smith LLP fields a broad shipping practice, and regularly handles a wealth of matters relating to casualty and admiralty, dry shipping, ship finance, and international arbitration. Practice head Alex Andrews has a ‘very deep understanding of the shipping business’, with a specialist focus on shipbuilding, infrastructure and offshore disputes, and frequently receives instruction from shipbrokers and ship managers. The team also includes Marjorie Holmes, who is a competition expert in a range of sectors including marine, and Alexander Sandiforth, who specialises in related commercial litigation and dispute resolution.
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‘I have strong trust in Reed Smith's ability to provide the required legal assistance. Their depth and breadth of experience is incomparable with other firms. As a full-service law firm, they can provide top class legal advice on not only traditional shipping issues but all issues arising in relation to the shipping and trade business.’
‘Reed Smith is the first pick law firm for shipping matters and maritime law issues where the governing law is English law. We have acted in lots of cases such as collision, grounding, charterparty and bill of lading with Reed Smith and received valuable legal advice on the English law.'