William C. Baldwin > Jones Walker LLP > New Orleans, United States > Lawyer Profile

Operating one of the broadest maritime transactional practices in the US, Jones Walker LLP‘s sizeable team represents public and private companies in a vast range of domestic and international financings, acquisitions, divestitures and restructurings. Recent work includes representing both debtors and lenders in substantial debtor-in-possession and exit financings, rights offerings, and debt-for-equity swaps. The firm’s attorneys are also routinely sought out to advise on complex domestic and international ocean and inland vessel acquisitions, National Vessel Documentation Center registrations, and the flagging of vessels in registries across the world. The track record of maritime transactions team head William C. Baldwin (who also co-leads the firm’s offshore wind initiative alongside Houston-based Cindy Matherne Muller) includes leading multiple marine financings for new, purpose-built offshore wind vessels. Kelly Duncan has significant experience in admiralty, maritime, and international and customs law work, while James Kearns in the Washington DC office focuses on maritime transactions, and the practice’s key associate Christopher Ulfers advises both borrowers and lenders on marine finance matters. All advisers named are based in the firm’s New Orleans office, unless otherwise stated.