Shipping

Avante’s practice provides advice on contractual matters related to the maritime sector and also on the maritime disputes and casualties arisen out. Our clients include, among others, shipyards, insurers, reinsurers and P&I Clubs, ship owners, transport operators and other companies related to this industry. We have extensive experience advising on:

1. Marine casualties

• Collisions
• General average
• Marine and environmental pollution
• Shipwreck
• Salvage

2. Marine insurance and reinsurance

• Marine insurance (H&M, cargo, P&I, FD&D), reinsurance and P&I
• Cargo Claims

3. Marine litigation

• Vessel’s arrest
• Mortgages and building credits’ enforcement
• Limitation of liability fund
• Goods deposit and judicial sale
• Vessel judicial sale
• Administrative sanction proceedings
• Shipyards and owners’ insolvency proceedings
• Coordination of cross-border disputes and affidavits on Spanish law in the frame of a foreign proceedings
• Marine dispute resolution

4. Vessel construction and repair works

• Vessel construction, sale agreements and repair contracts
• Supply contracts for shipyardsRegister of vessels
• Gurantess granted under the shipbuilding contract
• Register of vessels

5. Contracts of affreightment and contracts for the operation of vessels

• Charter parties
• Bill of lading
• COAs
• Carriage of passengers
• Towage agreement
• Ship agency
• Yacht charter agreement
• Port handling contract

6. Yachting law

7. Fishing law

8. Other areas of advice

• M&A of maritime companies
• Restructuring and insolvency of shipping companies and shipyards