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The focus of Beatrice's practice is the finance and development of projects in the shipping, offshore, travel and aviation sectors taking projects from the planning and construction phase through to full operation. Having spent time in-house with UKEF, she also has particular expertise with ECA or other state backed projects and their implementation within domestic and international frameworks. Her clients are some of the leading owners, operators and contractors, as well as some of the major financiers to the industry, including banking syndicates, banks, funds and other alternative finance providers. Client testimonials: "Beatrice Russ is exceptional – she is a shrewd negotiator and very pragmatic which we value a lot. We trust her judgement implicitly." (Legal 500)" "Beatrice Russ shows strong passion for ship finance transactions backed by great reliability, responsiveness and a tremendously good sense for commercial issues." (Legal 500 UK 2025 - Transport Finance and Leasing) "Beatrice Russ is a very experienced shipping finance lawyer and has a very commercial mindset which allows her to solve challenges in a pragmatic manner, balancing the need to get a deal done and the need for maintaining sound and balanced documentation." (Legal 500 UK 2025 - Transport Finance and Leasing) "She has amazing knowledge." (Chambers & Partners 2025 – UK-Wide - Shipping) "Beatrice is a brilliant lawyer. She has very strong industry knowledge and is commercially minded and client focused." (Chambers & Partners 2025 – UK-Wide - Shipping) "Beatrice shows a strong passion for shipping finance backed by a great reliability, responsiveness and a tremendously good sense for commercial issues." (Chambers & Partners 2025 – UK-Wide - Asset Finance: Shipping Finance)