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Julius & Creasy advises on maritime and admiralty matters. It acts for some leading P&I clubs, and is regularly instructed by global shipping law firms such as Clyde & Co LLP. The firm is currently advising Wijsmuller Salvage BV (Netherlands) in relation to its salvage claim against the owners of a Bangladeshi vessel that was affected by the 2006 tsunami.

Savantha De Saram leads DL & F De Saram in advising a number of P&I clubs. The firm assisted in setting up the first P&I club in Sri Lanka.

F J & G De Saram has a strong reputation in the sector.

Murugesu & Neelakandan has seen an increase in admiralty and shipping matters, and has assisted international law firms such as Jackson Parton and Holman Fenwick Willan LLP. It advises P&I clubs, and recently acted for the Shipping Corporation of India.

John Wilson Partners acted for an entity of the Maldivian government in securing the release of the client’s ship from arrest against a bank guarantee of approximately $800,000.

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