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Clyde & Co LLP’s ‘leading practice’ has ‘great litigation expertise’ through Gildas Rostain and Rozenn Lopin. The firm advises on wet and dry shipping, and is particularly busy for shipbuilders. It has an office in Paris and a satellite office in Nantes, which is a shipbuilding centre in France.

Holman Fenwick Willan LLP’s ‘solid team shows great knowledge of maritime law’. The 13-lawyer team includes Timothy Clemens-Jones, the ‘highly qualified’ Guillaume Brajeux, Olivier Purcell, Stanislas Lequette, Xavier McDonald, Stéphanie Schweitzer and Jean-Jacques Ollu, who runs a busy yacht practice. The practice’s varied client roster includes P&I clubs, shipowners, trading houses and banks, and advice encompasses transactions and litigation. It is regularly called upon to assist following accidents at sea and has extensive experience in ship seizure matters. Janet Butterworth deals with shipping finance.

Shipping is Ince & Co’s core business and it provides comprehensive wet and dry shipping expertise from Paris and Le Havre. Gilles Gautier focuses on litigation, Andrew Charlier is highly involved in the yachting business, and Fred Vroom and Jérôme Cohen mainly act on non-contentious finance and corporate work. Insurance, trade, piracy and pollution are also among the many issues handled by the team.

Lewis & Co AARPI is recommended for shipping and trade arbitrations and other disputes. The five-lawyer team represents industrial companies, shipowners, traders and lenders. Practice head Lars Lewis has a ‘detailed understanding of French legal procedures’ and provides ‘first-rate, incisive advice’. Peter Iglikowski gives ‘excellent and practical advice on trade and shipping matters’.

Luc Grellet and Ana Atallah head Reed Smith’s broad practice, which includes advice on disasters at sea and representation in arbitration. Clients include P&I clubs, shipbuilders, shipowners, classification companies and traders.

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