Shipping-北京观韬律师事务所

Guantao possesses solid and comprehensive knowledge of maritime law and shipping practice. Since 2004, Guantao has been committing to bringing to clients the expertise and experience in shipping and ship finance, capable of providing the full gamut of legal services in the shipping sector, including acting as legal advisor for related enterprises.

The maritime & admiralty team at Guantao offers broad, high standard services in handling maritime & admiralty matters. As early as 2004, Guantao set up a maritime & admiralty team, and after 20 years of growth, the team now has over 10 partners and 20 lawyers, who seamlessly work from our Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Nanjing, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong offices. Guantao has also established a long-term alliance relationship with Ashurst, and entered into association with Gallant in Hong Kong. Such a multi-jurisdictional supporting network enables us to offer rapid and timely services.

Our clients include, among others, companies specialised in import and export, trading, shipping, ship agency, international freight agency, insurance, and logistics, as well as ports and docks, shipyards, ship owners, disponent owners, charterers, brokers, and P&I clubs. Our shipping team is adept at handling various maritime and admiralty matters.

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Scope of Services

Ports and Intermodality

Ports and intermodality transactions Ports and intermodality compliance Ports and intermodality dispute settlement

Formation， M&A and Restructuring of Shipping Companies

Deal structuring and advisory for formation of companies Legal due diligence Drafting and execution of transaction documents

Ship Finance, Building and Purchase & Sale

Ship finance: deal structuring, due diligence and drafting of financing documents Ship building: drafting, negotiation and execution of ship building transaction documents; ship building dispute resolution Ship sale and purchase: drafting, negotiation and execution of transaction documents; ship registration, ship inspection, legal risk assessment and control in sale and purchase of ship

Admiralty and Maritime Disputes

Litigation and arbitration regarding admiralty disputes: collisions with ships or rocks, crash or damage of facilities or other property by ships, indemnity for personal injury at sea, general average, particular average, disputes over product quality liability caused by defects of ship key components and special items for marine engineering, and other admiralty tortious disputes. Litigation and arbitration regarding maritime disputes: disputes over contracts for carriage of goods by sea, disputes over contracts of ship leasing, sales, financial leasing, building, repair and operation, disputes over ship agency contracts and freight agency contracts, disputes over storage, custody and warehousing contracts of goods at ports, contracts for the supervision of pledge of goods at ports, disputes over labor and employment contracts related to crew, disputes over contracts for marine insurance and protection and indemnity (P&I) insurance, and other maritime contract disputes. Special admiralty procedure: security of admiralty claims, admiralty evidence preservation, admiralty injunctions, recognition and enforcement of foreign-related arbitral awards, liability limitation funds for admiralty claims, and procedures for public summons.

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Field

All Dispute Resolution Cross-border Trade and Trade Compliance & Remedies Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Securities & Capital Markets Administrative Law Data Compliance and Cyber Security Corporate and M&A Antitrust and Competition Shipping Restructuring & Insolvency Employment Energy & Infrastructure Criminal Defense in Economic Crimes and Criminal Risk Management Financial Services, Insurance and Derivatives Tax Sports and Entertainment Real Estate and Construction Private Equity and Investment Funds Healthcare and Life Sciences Intellectual Property Family Law and Private Wealth Management Compliance and Investigation Tourism and Hospitality Technology Mining International Arbitration

Office

All Beijing Shanghai Xi'an Chengdu Dalian Shenzhen Ji'nan Xiamen Hong Kong Tianjin Guangzhou Hangzhou Sydney Suzhou New York Wuhan Toronto Nanjing Fuzhou Zhengzhou Haikou Chongqing Hefei Qingdao Luolong Nanchang Wenzhou Ningbo Taiyuan

Position

All Executive Partner Consultant Managing Partner Partner

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