Mr Brett M Esber > Blank Rome LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile

Mr Brett M Esber

1.202.772.5919 esber@blankrome.com View profile

Work Department

Maritime

Position

Senior Counsel. Equipment Leasing, Maritime, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Governance, International Trade Transactions, Maritime – Transactions & Finance, Maritime – Restructuring, Asia Practice, Finance

Career

Brett Esber is a senior partner in the Firm’s maritime practice group, with over 30 years of experience representing companies involved in all aspects of the maritime industry. His clients include shipyards, ship owners and operators, vessel managers and cargo interests, and those who invest in ships, including commercial and investment banks, vessel leasing companies, alternative lenders and private equity funds.

Brett’s practice is focused primarily on commercial transactions and finance involving ships. He has considerable experience structuring, drafting, negotiating, and advising clients with respect to:

* vessel construction contracts
* vessel charters (bareboat, time and voyage charters) and contracts of affreightment
* vessel secured credit facilities
* lease financing transactions involving ships
* second lien credit facilities involving ships
* project financing transactions involving ships
* joint ventures involving ships
* restructuring and workout transactions involving vessel owners and operators.

Brett has experience working with companies involved in all sectors of the maritime industry, including tankers, dry bulk, containers, offshore, inland lakes and rivers, and cruise vessels. His practice involves the international as well as the U.S. domestic trades. With regard to the U.S. domestic trades, Brett has considerable experience structuring transactions to comply with the U.S. Jones Act and has assisted companies in obtaining funding through the United States Title XI loan guarantee program.

Memberships

Mr. Esber is a past president of the Maritime Administrative Bar Association in Washington, D.C.

Education

Ohio State University, BS, summa cum laude; Georgetown University Law Center, JD