Christoforos Bisbikos heads up the shipping offering at Watson Farley & Williams. The team is well-regarded for its expertise across project origination, finance, tax, dispute resolution and corporate and regulatory issues. Bisbikos has extensive experience across ship finance transactions, as well as fleet acquisitions and joint ventures within the maritime industry. Marcus Gordon is the firm’s key contact for dispute resolution, while Valerie Lee and Guan Jian handle a range of financing issues. Disputes expert Andrew Rigden Green joined the team in June 2025. Madeline Leong and Dora Ying are also recommended.
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Key clients
- Amundsen Expeditions Group Holdings Limited
- Wanhua Chemical Group Co., Ltd
- ICBC Financial Leasing Co., Ltd.
- China Merchants Commerce Financial Leasing Co., Ltd
- CMB Financial Leasing Co., Ltd.
- CCB Financial Leasing Co., Ltd.
- CITIC Financial Leasing Co., Ltd.
- Pacific Basin
- Jiangsu Financial Leasing Co., Ltd.
- SPDB Financial Leasing Co., Ltd.
- Bank of Communications Financial Leasing Co., Ltd.
- CSSC Shipping Company Limited
Work highlights
Advised CMB Financial Leasing Co., Ltd on the US$1.1bn sale and leaseback of five 200,000m3 LNG carriers with Pure Energy Limited.
Advised Bank of Communications Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. in a sale and leaseback transaction involving 18 vessels with a total leasing amount of US$848 million.
Advised China Merchants Financial Leasing Co on a sale and leaseback transaction relating to an LNG floating storage unit.
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Practice head
Christoforos Bisbikos
Other key lawyers
Marcus Gordon; Valerie Lee; Guan Jian; Andrew Rigden Green; Madeline Leong; Dora Ying