Boutique firm SAN SIMON & DUCH‘s shipping and transport team is recurrently sought out by an array of maritime clients, including shipowners and shipyards, insurers, port authorities, P&I clubs, and charterers. The group is skilled at advising on contentious matters, such as claims concerning vessel damages, recovery against shipyards, and sanctioning proceedings, but is also adept in transactional work, including the sale of vessels, and sanctioning proceedings. Founding partners Luis De San Simon and Mercedes Duch jointly oversee the group alongside Diego de San Simón in Madrid, and directors Carlos Cerda, who is based in Valencia, and Ignacio Rodríguez, a key contact in the Algeciras office.
Testimonials
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- ‘San Simon & Duch is the number one destination for transport and shipping law in Spain and is known to lawyers all over Europe and the world. They have contacts all over the country, which is convenient if assistance is required at a particular locality.’
- ‘Diego de San Simon is a very dedicated and solution-oriented lawyer, whom I had the privilege to work with on a case for a mutual client. He is very responsive.’
Key clients
- RSA Luxembourg S.A., Spanish Branch
- Hellenic Seaways Single Member Maritime, S.A
Work highlights
- Defended Hanseatic Underwiters in a claim brought by the salvage company in connection with the sinking of 9 vessels during a heavy storm.
- Represented Generali España S.A De Reaseguros y Reaseguros and insured/owners in a cross-border jurisdiction case as both, claimant and defendant, in different legal proceedings as a result of a heavy collision between vessels and subsequent fire while the vessel was undergoing repairs at the shipyard.