SANDS‘s dedicated maritime law offering spans all aspects of shipping-related work, including contentious mandates, construction work, insurance issues, and corporate matters. The team is under the leadership of Simone Häderle Ingeberg, who is a key name for contentious matters, and Marit Kirkhusmo, who is recommended for ship financing and restructuring work. Other key practitioners include Guy Leonard, who has a track record in advising on project development and vessel chartering issues, Hallvard Janbu Høyem, and Ane Dahlen.
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Testimonials
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‘Very efficient and high quality.’
‘Simone Häderle Ingeberg - very quick, efficient, intelligent, super cooperative and nice. A pleasure to work with her.’
Key clients
- Akastor ASA/ DDW Offshore AS
- Eitzen AS
- Vard Group AS, Norway and Fincantieri, Italy
- Höegh LNG Ltd
- Eitzen Avanti AS, Norway and Christiania Shipping A/S, Denmark
- DeepOcean
- NORAC AS
- WoodNor AS
- Höegh LNG Ltd / AS
- Gjensidige
Work highlights
- Assisted Akastor ASA/DDW Offshore AS in connection with a $31m refinancing of three anchor handling vessels.
- Assisted Höegh LNG with the charter of a floating storage and regasification unit to the Egyptian State gas company.
- Assisted Eitzen Avanti AS and Christiania Shipping A/S in the acquisition of B-Gas A/S, B-Gas NSG, B-Gas Pelagic and their subsidiaries from Bergshav and its partners.
Lawyers
Practice head
Simone Häderle Ingeberg; Marit Kirkhusmo
Other key lawyers
Guy Leonard; Hallvard Janbu Høyem; Ane Dahlen