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Our preeminent Maritime & Shipping legal team partners with Nigeria’s leading shipowners, operators, port authorities, logistics companies, and international trading houses to secure operations, navigate complex regulatory regimes, and keep commerce flowing. We ensure our clients’ success by listening carefully to their commercial objectives, devising client-specific strategies, and deploying our unparalleled sector expertise to achieve results with precision and efficiency.
As Africa’s largest economy continues to harness its vast coastline and strategic ports, Nigeria’s maritime sector stands as a critical engine for national and regional trade. With evolving port concession frameworks, stringent international safety and environmental regulations, volatile freight markets, and the persistent challenges of piracy and cargo claims, the sector demands legal counsel that is both deeply rooted in local port realities and globally astute. The drive for port modernisation, the increasing complexity of supply chains, and the critical need for robust risk mitigation have made sophisticated legal partnership more vital than ever.
Our award-winning admiralty, regulatory, and shipping lawyers have proudly served at the forefront of numerous landmark transactions and high-stakes disputes, including:
- Successfully defending a major international shipping line against a multi-million-dollar cargo damage claim arising from port operations in the Niger Delta, limiting liability substantially.
- Guiding a consortium of foreign investors through the complex NPA approval and negotiation process for a strategic port infrastructure upgrade and concession agreement.
- Advising on the maritime liability, insurance, and regulatory compliance framework for a flagship offshore oil & gas support vessel operation.
- Leading the arrest and successful judicial sale of a vessel for a leading marine service provider to secure a significant debt, enforcing a maritime lien.
- Acting as Nigerian counsel in a high-value charterparty dispute arbitration under LMAA rules, securing a favorable award for a local shipowner.
As a top-tier maritime law practice, we are trusted by the industry’s leading Nigerian and international shipowners, P&I Clubs, freight forwarders, port operators, and marine insurers. Our hands-on experience and deep transactional and litigation knowledge are critical to drafting airtight contracts, mitigating operational and legal risk, and defending our clients’ interests in arbitration, admiralty court, and before regulatory bodies. Our maritime lawyers are adept at every stage, from flag registration and port state control compliance to negotiating complex charter parties, handling casualty response, and leading contentious cargo recovery and pollution defense proceedings.
Contact our Maritime & Shipping Law practice for decisive legal action or strategic commercial advice.
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