Shipping Offshore

Wikborg Rein's Shipping Offshore group is a leading international maritime practice.. With offices in Norway's major commercial centres, Oslo and Bergen, and offices overseas in London, Kobe, Shanghai and Singapore, Wikborg Rein has an international profile that is unrivaled. We serve clients across the full range of shipping, transport, and offshore activities, including marine insurers, ship owners, offshore companies, offshore/shipyards and equipment providers, ship brokers and agents, shipping banks as well as companies related to freight forwarding and land transportation. January 2010 marked an important new step by the recruitment of an English law team in London to provide our clients access to English law dispute resolution services. The group provides a “one-stop-shop” from boardroom to court. The Shipping Offshore group is headed by Finn Bjørnstad.

Our assistance includes:

• Registration of ships, choice of flag and registration;
• Control and classification of ships;
• Building and repair contracts for ships and rigs;
• Sale and purchase of ships;
• Ships finance, lien and mortgage;
• Organisation and management of shipowners (corporate law, tax etc.);
• Casualty work, including owner's liability, limitation of liability, liability for oil spill and collisions, maritime inquiry and other public law issues;
• The law of chartering, including bills of lading and charterparties;
• Cargo claims;
• Crew matters;
• Arrest, salvage, wreck-removal and General Average;
• Dispute resolution and case management: mediation, arbitration and in the courts;
• Marine insurance, including Hull & Machinery and P&I claims and interpretation of club rules;
• Freight forwarding and land transportation.