Mr Baptiste Weijburg > Wikborg Rein > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Wikborg Rein Offices
30 Cannon Street
EC4M 6XH
England
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Mr Baptiste Weijburg
Work Department
Offshore, Sustainability, climate and environment, ESG, compliance and risk management, English Law, Investigation and Crisis Management, Insurance Law, International Trade, Dispute Resolution, Contract Law and Construction, Maritime and Offshore Emergency Response, Oil and Gas, Trade Compliance and Sanctions, Shipping
Position
Baptiste is a shipping and international trade specialist with extensive experience in resolving international disputes arising from charterparties, bills of lading, shipbuilding contracts, memorandums of agreement, ship management agreements, and marine insurance. He also advises clients on other related sectors, with his practice spanning any issues in relation to the logistics, storage and transhipment of physical commodities (wet and dry), and the sale and purchase of the same. With a strong focus on the European market, he advises some of the biggest owners/fleets across all market sectors (wet, dry, container cargo, LNGs, and tug/tow). He has gained a reputation for his broad range of services, both litigation and advisory/contract drafting, and is seen as “a practical, hands-on lawyer, possessing not only good legal skills but also the commercial understanding to resolve issues”. Baptiste has also assisted several owners/operators in recent years with complex issues arising out of war risks and global sanctions, including in relation to Iranian, Venezuelan, Belorussia and more recently Russia. Baptiste also regularly advises clients on greenhouse gas and carbon intensity issues and regulations, including EEXI, CII, and EU ETS. Baptiste is also multilingual.
Career
Languages
English, French, Dutch
Education
Lawyer Rankings
London > Transport > Shipping
Wikborg Rein is praised for its ‘ability to advise in English and Norwegian law’, which allows the firm’s shipping and offshore group to be a go-to outfit for multi-jurisdictional matters including those relating to casualties and sanctions. Practice head Chris Grieveson has a broad advisory portfolio that sees him dealing with work ranging from shipbuilding cases and contentious sale and purchase issues to wet shipping matters. The firm also has particularly strong connections to the Greek market, where Baptiste Weijburg took over as the group’s main contact following the retirement of Nick Shepherd in December 2022. Rob Jardine-Brown is the key name for contentious work, while Eleanor Midwinter has in-depth experience pertaining to dry shipping, marine insurance, and shipbuilding matters. The firm secured a major coup in September 2023 with the hire of a team of 17 fee earners from Ince including Michael Volikas and Ian Chetwood.