John E. Bradley > Vedder Price > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Vedder Price Offices
1633 Broadway 31st Floor
New York, New York 10019
NEW YORK
United States
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John E. Bradley
Work Department
Global Transportation Finance
Position
Shareholder
Career
Mr. Bradley represents lenders, borrowers, ship owners, container lessors, marine terminal operators and family offices in the acquisition, disposition, management, leasing, financing and documentation of vessels, containers, terminal facilities, and other marine assets and properties. He has particular experience handling marine terminal and port projects, including the leasing, financing, structuring and development of marine terminal properties and concessions. He regularly advises regulated entities, such as vessel owners, coastwise operators, and marine terminal operators, on legislative and regulatory matters applicable to them, including laws administered and enforced by the Federal Maritime Commission, the U.S. Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection.
Mr. Bradley also represents financial institutions, leasing companies and maritime lienors in mortgage foreclosure, vessel arrest and collateral recovery proceedings throughout the United States and has extensive international experience in the enforcement of security interests in vessels and other forms of marine collateral. He has been advising and representing the interests of secured creditors and lessors in numerous international shipping bankruptcies for nearly 30 years. He has lectured extensively on maritime remedies and bankruptcies and is the author of the “Maritime Lien Arrests” chapter in Moore’s Federal Practice, 3rd Edition, Volume 29. He is the former Chairman of the U.S. Maritime Law Association’s Committee on Maritime Bankruptcy and Insolvency.
Mr. Bradley regularly advises clients on matters involving economic sanctions, export controls, embargoes, anti-money laundering and anti-corruption laws, and blocking statutes, relating to the cross-border sale, lease, charter and financing of transportation assets, including ships, containers, aircraft and jet engines. He has reviewed and prepared corporate manuals, voluntary disclosures, and transaction documents relating to trade compliance and related enforcement matters. He has sought and obtained regulatory licenses and advisory rulings, has counseled clients on risk-based due diligence and compliance programs, and has successfully petitioned for the return of assets seized by the government. He has counseled the government on the seizure of vessels based upon violations of U.S. sanctions regimes.
Memberships
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Member, Section of International Law, American Bar Association
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Member, Committee on Export Controls and Economic Sanctions
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Member, Maritime Law Association of the United States
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Member, Committee on Stevedores, Marine Terminals and Vessel Services
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Member, New York City Bar Association
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Member, Committee on Admiralty
Education
- Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 1979
- Fordham University, B.A., 1975
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Transport > Shipping: finance
(Leading lawyers)As ‘one of the go-to firms in the industry‘, Vedder Price‘s global transportation finance team regularly acts for lenders, borrowers, lessors, lessees, shipbuilders, marine terminal operators, owners and charterers on structuring major maritime and offshore finance deals. The group advises on a broad range of maritime and offshore assets, including cargo and passenger transportation vessels, intermodal containers, chassis, barges, terminal facilities, ferries, and offshore construction and oil exploration vessels. It also has extensive experience in workouts and restructurings, and is additionally sought out for its expertise in maritime and offshore construction contracts, and ship registration and mortgage recordation laws in the US, the Marshall Islands, Liberia and Vanuatu. In New York, John Bradley is a specialist in cross-border marine finance structures, the ‘responsive and experienced‘ John Imhof Jr is experienced in a range of financings, and associate John Geager consistently advises on large-scale vessel financings and refinancings. Geoffrey Kass chairs the firm’s global transportation finance group from the Chicago office.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading lawyers United States > Transport > Shipping: finance
- Shipping: finance United States > Transport
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Transport > Rail and road: finance
Firm Rankings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Transport > Shipping: finance
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense