Sloma & Co

Number of partners: 33

Number of lawyers: 96

Languages: Chinese, English, Japanese

Firm Overview:

Sloma & Co. is an international law firm headquartered in Shanghai and has a branch in Suzhou (Kunshan). Sloma & Co. has a dedicated team of professional lawyers practicing in almost all aspects of law. The development of today’s Sloma & Co. is based upon the merger of Sloma & Co. (founded in 2001) and Seaway Law Firm (founded in 1995) on 1 September 2007. The Merger of the two firms significantly enhances Sloma & Co.’s competency in maritime law, general corporate and commercial matters, financing, foreign direct investment, international trading and transactions, etc.

Main Areas Of Practice:

Litigation & Arbitration:

Sloma & Co. has a strong team of lawyers in handling litigation and arbitration matters involving all kinds of disputes and legal aspects.

Corporate & Shareholding:

Offering legal consultancy, investment advisory and other professional services (such as preparing capital contribution agreement, articles of association and other documents required for incorporation, conducting due diligence investigations, equity transfer, bankruptcy (liquidation and reorganisation) and dealing with disputes over equity interests, etc) to various companies.

Admiralty & Maritime:

Highly experienced in shipping and marine insurance fields and representing many top shipping companies, shipbuilding and repairing yards, P&I clubs, insurance companies, chartering corporations/ cargo owners and salvage companies to deal with all kinds of maritime affairs including marine casualties (collisions, oil pollution, salvage, general average, maritime personal injury/death, etc), cargo claims, charter parties, shipbuilding and repairing contracts, etc.

Insurance:

Many years of academic and professional experience in the insurance field enables the lawyers of Sloma & Co. to advise on a great variety of insurance matters:

■ Cargo Insurance

■ Hull Insurance

■ P&I Insurance

■ Property Insurance

■ Life Insurance

■ Liability Insurance

■ Insurance Recovery Claims

Shipbuilding Financing:

Advising on projects involving general finance, including the finance and mortgaging of shipbuilding activities and having an excellent reputation in completing negotiations and resolving disputes relating to the finance of ship construction and purchasing deals on behalf of owners, charterers, operators and financial institutions.

Investment & Commerce:

Representing various clients in participating in various investment projects around the world, including the provision of the relevant legal services concerning investment in China by foreign enterprises and investment in foreign countries by Chinese enterprises.

International Trade & Transactions:

Providing comprehensive range of legal services to clients from all over the world for conducting trading and international business transactions in China and assists domestic clients in doing business transactions in foreign countries.

Employment:

Rendering a full package of legal services to protect a company’s valuable human resources.