Cirio Advokatbyrå AB’s shipping team focuses on dry shipping mandates, including M&A, financing, and chartering matters, working closely with lawyers in the firm’s other departments. With considerable experience advising ship owners and banks on cross-border shipping investment and financing matters, Stockholm-based Carl Axel Morvay leads the team. Erik Linnarsson retired from practice in 2023.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

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  • ‘Cirio has a team of very skilled people with broad and deep expertise in many areas relevant for shipping.’

  • ‘Cirio takes on new problems in a efficient way, providing fast, high-quality responses.'

  • 'Carl Axel Morvay's team is great to work with - very engaged and personable, and they always deliver.'

  • 'Carl Axel Morvay is a top individual to work with - clearly very gifted as he straight away grasps the core issues and commercial nuances of some of the largest and most challenging transactions in the market.'

Key clients

  • Viking Line Abp
  • Stromma Group
  • Gard AS
  • Swedish Orient Line
  • Wallenius SOL

Work highlights

  • Advised Swedish Orient Line on shipping mandates.
  • Advising Credit Agricole on the financing of two vessels.
  • Advising NIBC BANK NV on the financing of two vessels.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Carl Axel Morvay