Gorrissen Federspiel‘s shipping and transport team is sought out by ship-owners, shipyards, suppliers, ports, investors, and financiers. The team is equipped to handle the full spectrum of shipping and transport work, including transactions, disputes, regulatory advice, and compliance advice. Peter Appel leads the team, focusing his practice on large transactions, financing deals, and advising on the establishment of operations abroad. Morten Berggreen adds to the team and is adept at handling fleet and single-asset sales and purchases, alongside reorganisations and finance work in the sector. Thomas Edelgaard Christensen specialises in litigation and arbitration in the maritime and offshore sectors.
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Testimonials
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- Peter Appel and Morten Berggren are top-notch maritime legal advisors.
- Gorrissen Federspiel is extremely strong in the maritime practice as well as employment and corporate practice (for Danish companies). Especially in shipping contracts, their experience and collaborative approach make the work feel seamless and efficient while producing quality results.
- Continuous proof of the best full-service legal platform in Copenhagen with a good commercial understanding of most challenges.
- Morten Bergreen and Gitte Lansner are the standout individuals. Morten is extremely prompt and manages his team efficiently to quickly and effectively complete the work, including areas that are developing rapidly in the maritime sector, such as EU allowances and carbon trading. Gitte has helped smoothly resolve employment-related queries and severance agreements in a manner that has retained the relationship with past employees and fostered good relations with our existing employees.
- ‘Highly competent in their fields.’
- 'Strong all-round shipping lawyers.'
- ‘As one of - if not the - only law firm in Denmark with a specific shipping focus. They always deliver sharp and well-thought-out advice.’
- ‘Gorrissen Federspiel’s shipping and transport team combines deep legal expertise with a sharp commercial mindset.'
- ‘Second-to-none commercial knowledge.'
- The team is very solution-oriented and focused on our challenges and needs. The team is willing to support the corporation with long-term secondments, which we have utilised actively in the past and plan to use in the future for optimised collaboration.'
Key clients
- A.P. Moeller Maersk A/S
- A.P. Moeller Holding A/S
- A/S United Shipping & Trading Company
- Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S
- DFDS A/S
- Eitzen Avanti Group
- Hafnia Limited
- Navigare Capital Partners A/S
- TORM A/S
- Ultranav Group
Work highlights
Advised APMH Invest A/S with the sale of Supply Service A/S to DOF Group ASA.
Advised Navigare Capital Partners A/S on the newbuilding contracts and negotiations with Taizhou Sanfu Shipbuilding for a programme of up to six container vessels for delivery 2027-2028, comprising four firm 4,300 TEU ships with options for two additional units.
Defended Uni-Tankers A/S and the P&I insurer, Gard, in a case in Denmark on the shipowners' right of limitation concerning damage caused to the main power cable between Sweden and the Danish island of Bornholm.
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Leading associates
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Practice head
Peter Appel
Other key lawyers
Morten Berggreen; Thomas Edelgaard Christensen