Lindsey’s WIBLA win follows on from being named one of Lloyd’s List’s Top 10 Maritime Lawyers 2019 and reaffirms her standing as one of the leading legal advisors to the shipping industry worldwide.
The deal was named “Structured Finance Deal of the Year” 2021 by leading international maritime sector publication Marine Money.
Corporate and M&A Partners Daniel Saunders and Mark Tooke, in a feature article for Bunkerspot, discuss the increase in M&A, joint venture and direct investment activity in maritime technology from investors both within and outside of the maritime industry.
Highlighting once again the firm’s standing as the ‘go to’ law firm for the shipping industry worldwide.
We advised BW Group Limited, one of the world’s leading maritime groups in the tanker, gas and offshore sector, on the US$152,250,000 Japanese Operating Lease financing in respect of a 174,000 cbm LNG carrier, “BW Helios”.
WFW has advised Borealis on its agreement to sell 12 containerships to GSL for an aggregate price of US$233.9m.
This article examines how a Liberian and Marshall Islands entity can change or work with its address of record.
As the reduction in carbon emissions becomes an increasing international priority, managing emissions in the maritime sector is particularly under the spotlight. This article explains how the EU emissions trading scheme is expected to apply to the shipping industry, the current status of the UK emissions trading scheme and the legal and commercial issues that may arise.
This article looks at a recent English Commercial Court decision on whether a vessel was off-hire when she was arrested by a third party.
This is GSL’s first sale and leaseback transaction, with the US$14,375,000 being made available to GSL under the sale and five-year capital leaseback.
In the final article in our ‘Hydrogen – what is the hype about?’ series, we provide an overview of the UAE’s plans for the development of its hydrogen market.
Ambitious proposals from the OECD to restructure the system of global taxation of multinational companies are gaining real momentum. This article discusses these proposed reforms, their potential to cut through tax policies applied to shipping and whether shipping will gain an exemption from the global minimum effective tax rate.