Shipping: Dispute Resolution | Global

HFW's distinguished UAE shipping practice was recently bolstered by multiple lateral hires from Clyde & Co. The newly enhanced team represents an array of clients, including P&I clubs, shipping lines and financial institutions. It specialises in admiralty and casualty response work, as well as advising on shipping finance, sale and purchase arrangements, and mortgage registration. Its lawyers also have complementary strengths in insurance matters. Clients benefit from the firm's significant regional footprint, as well as its substantial Arabic-speaking team.

Al Tamimi has a highly regarded shipping practice primarily noted for its disputes expertise, handling ship arrests, cargo claims, collisions and casualty cases. Fielding a number of experienced lawyers in Dubai, the team is very active in local litigation and highly experienced regarding insurance claims and collisions. The firm also assists with vessel purchases.

The Stephenson Harwood shipping department advises on a variety of contentious and non-contentious matters. On the non-contentious side it is well versed in ship finance and leveraged buyout arrangements as well as corporate matters occurring within the shipping sector. The dispute resolution team's expertise includes cases arising from ship arrests, vessel abandonment and oil spills, and the firm is further noted for its handling of arbitrations and English High Court proceedings relating to breaches of shipbuilding contracts and commodity trading agreements. The shipping team has recently been enhanced by multiple lateral hires from the former Dubai office of Ince.

Fichte & Co is a boutique law firm which handles both contentious and non-contentious shipping work. The firm's lawyers represent ship operators, P&I clubs and insurers, with experience advising on charter party disputes and ship arrests. On the non-contentious side, the firm regularly assists with ship financing agreements and sale and purchase matters.

Hadef & Partners has a long-established team advising on a variety of shipping-related issues, such as charter parties and bill of lading disputes. The firm is further noted for its work in arbitration and its expertise in vessel arrests. The team frequently advises banks and energy clients.