Maritime

Nixon Peabody’s Maritime practice began more than one hundred years ago. Today the firm provides a full range of legal services to the maritime industry, both in the U.S. and internationally. Our clients’ involvements range from logistics and security to offshore energy exploration and construction.

We represent both domestic and overseas clients, including:

  • Ship owners
  • Charterers
  • Maritime lenders
  • Lessors
  • Other suppliers of transportation equipment
  • Port authorities
  • Marine termin als
  • Marine logistics companies and their marine insurers

Our maritime attorneys represent clients in connection with:

  • Financing
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Strategic alliances
  • The construction and reconstruction of vessels and marine-related equipment

We have demonstrated knowledge and skill in the areas of:

  • Maritime charters
  • Contracts of affreightment
  • Bills of lading and other commercial and business agreements
  • Agreements relating to marine terminal leases and operations
  • Vessel sales contracts
  • Passenger cruise contracts
  • Customs matters
  • Immigration matters
  • Labor and employment
  • Antitrust and tax matters

Our maritime services extend to:

  • Commercial and casualty litigation and dispute resolution
  • Personal injury
  • Cargo loss
  • Regulatory
  • Insurance
  • Oil spill
  • Emergency response team
  • Collision/allision
  • Insurance coverage and risk management matters

We are also experienced in the areas of:

  • Maritime arrests and seizures
  • Maritime liens
  • Maritime bankruptcies and work-outs
  • Alternative dispute resolution
  • Jurisdictional issues

Our attorneys are adept in handling subsidy financing matters, including foreign-country shipbuilding and United States subsidies. We are well versed in all the programs sponsored by the United States Maritime Administration under the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as amended, for the benefit of new builds and existing vessels, including:

  • Title XI loan guarantees
  • Capital Construction Fund tax-deferred transactions
  • The Maritime Security Program
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