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Dentons

Dentons

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United Arab Emirates

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Shipping

Dentons’ maritime team is distinguished by its clear focus on ship finance, advising on both conventional and Islamic structures across high-value, complex transactions. The firm acts for an impressive roster of shipping banks and regional owners, frequently handling first-of-their-kind financings and amendments to existing facilities. Paul Jarvis provides long-standing market insight, while Nathaniel Armstrong leads on the full spectrum of ship finance matters, including structured, cross-border and Shari’ah-compliant deals.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘Dentons’ shipping and finance team stands out for its ability to combine deep technical expertise with a pragmatic and highly commercial approach. In our experience, they have represented financiers with a high degree of professionalism, ensuring transactions are handled efficiently and smoothly.'
  • 'The team is collaborative, responsive, and focused on delivering solutions rather than simply raising issues. Their ability to maintain momentum in complex, multi-party transactions has been invaluable, and their consistency across matters gives us confidence in engaging them repeatedly.’
  • ‘Nathaniel Armstrong is an exceptional lawyer who combines subject-matter expertise with a strong commercial mindset. He drives processes smoothly, provides clear and practical advice, and ensures that complex financings are executed efficiently. His ability to balance technical precision with pragmatic commercial judgement makes him an invaluable advisor.'
  • ‘It is definitely the people and the depth of knowledge they bring into each and every transaction. It is an exceptional team that will proactively run the process from start to end when they are engaged on a matter.’
  • ‘Nathaniel Armstrong is a brilliant partner not only for wide and in-depth industry knowledge but also his interpersonal skills and his easy-going, can-do attitude. It is a joy working with Nathaniel and I can always rest easy when I know Nathaniel is on the case.'

Key clients

  • Standard Chartered Bank
  • Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC
  • Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank PJSC
  • Banco Santander S.A
  • First Abu Dhabi Bank

Work highlights

Advising Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank on a landmark Shari'a-compliant syndicated ship financing totalling USD370m for an Al Seer Marine and BGN joint venture, ABGC for the delivery of five dual-fuel-efficient vessels.
Practice head

Nathaniel Armstrong; Paul Jarvis

Other key lawyers

Najeeb Gill; Daud Shaakir

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