Shipping & Maritime

Our Shipping & Maritime Practice is longstanding with a solid reputation advising a smorgasbord of maritime clients that include banks, cargo owners, charterers, energy and petrochemical companies, freight forwarders, liquidators, logistics companies, P&I clubs, port and terminal operators, ship owners, offshore and marine companies, receivers and managers as well as shipyards.

Our clients have come to rely on us at all levels of the Courts as well as in arbitrations for our niche representation, resources and practicable solutions in the industry whilst tapping on the strength of the Firm as a whole with its multi- disciplinary practice groups that collectively have an encyclopedic range of experience.

Our practice encompasses the full range of Shipping and Maritime matters including:

  • Arrest and Release of Vessels and/or Cargo
  • Arbitration
  • Mediation
  • Charter-Party
  • Ship Mortgage Enforcement and Foreclosure
  • Judicial Sale
  • Ship Sale and Purchase
  • Shipbuilding
  • Receivership
  • Collision Claims and Other Loss and Damage at Sea caused by Sea Going Vessels
  • Bunker Disputes
  • Environmental Loss
  • Defence of Strict Liability Offences for Pollution etc,
  • Cargo and Hull Claims
  • Marine Insurance
  • International Trade

We also advise on transactional and regulatory issues such as ship sale and purchase, mortgage, financing, registration and de-registration.

Some of our more notable cases include:

  • The successful execution of an Anton Piller Order against numerous sea going vessels in aid of a claim by an international carrier for fraudulent bunker supply.
  • The successful representation a luxury yacht owner in a shipbuilding dispute with a foreign shipyard in an international arbitration.
  • Advising clients in connection with the development of the largest deep-water petroleum terminal in this region.
  • Representing a state-owned port in a dispute over the construction and completion of a harbour.
  • Acting for a telecommunication company in a claim for loss of submarine communication cables in the South China Sea.
  • Advising clients in the purchase of a number of bulk carriers.
  • Representing receivers and managers appointed by bank in a foreclosure proceeding.

Partners

Rajasingam Gothandapani

Nik Azila Shuhada Nik Abdullah