Norton Rose Fulbright’s shipping group advises shipping companies, charterers, banks, and energy traders, regularly handling cross-border matters. Under the leadership of Philip Roche, the team manages disputes ranging from major casualties and pollution claims to shipbuilding, scrapping, marine insurance, security enforcement, and criminal prosecutions. Charlotte Winter is recognised for her expertise in asset finance disputes.
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'Specialist maritime practice in a large full-service law firm - which is getting rare.'
‘NRF has a fabulous shipping team - with excellent people and a serious depth of experience in the most complex matters.’
‘Philip Roche is simply fantastic. He is pragmatic, prompt and has his finger on the pulse of the market, so can always give a steer on what will work commercially.’
‘The shipping team at Norton Rose has the capability to handle large-scale disputes in a way that not many firms do.’
‘History in the market, acting for large maritime concerns, specialisation in non-traditional (i.e. charterparty and cargo claim work, which they also do) maritime work and hence range of skills and experience.’
‘The individuals I work with at Norton Rose are particularly friendly, approachable and have unmatched knowledge of the industry.’
Key clients
- Carnival Corporation
- Costamare Inc.
- Dubai Ports World
- DVB (Shipping panel appointment)
- Japan P&I Club
- KfW-IPEX
- Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Group)
- P&O Ferries
- RBS
- Rio Tinto
- Standard Chartered Bank
- Stena Group
Work highlights
Acting for Carnival Corporation against Fincantieri S.p.A in relation to a shipbuilding contract dispute regarding a breach of guarantee claim as a result of a defective Azipod unit.
Advised Stena Bulk in relation to facilitating the sale of a 50% interest in Golden Stena Bulk Limited from Golden Agri Resources (GAR) to a prominent Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) institutional funds acting in collaboration with Tufton Investment Management (the Buyer).
Advising and acting in the proceedings commenced in the Admiralty Court by Shell UK Limited against Greenpeace UK Limited, Greenpeace Limited, Stichting Greenpeace Council and a number of individual Greenpeace protestors arising from the unlawful boardings of the heavy lift vessel White Marlin and the 13-day occupation of its cargo, a Floating Production Storage and Offload unit owned by Shell.
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Practice head
Philip Roche
Other key lawyers
Charlotte Winter; Ieronymos Bikakis