6/21/2024 3:19:42 PM French Tonnage Tax Regime: a prime target in the midst of legislative elections By Benoît Bernard Romain Farnoux Antoine Maniglier Following the recent dissolution of the French National Assembly, the country is preparing for early legislative elections. The political...
9/19/2023 11:26:08 AM Insights from Reed Smith’s London International Shipping Week event: Managing your supply chain risk By Nick Austin Alexander Brandt Thor Maalouf Navigating the turbulent waters of the global supply chain from geopolitical uncertainty, to evolving sanctions, and the adoption of...
5/31/2023 10:54:09 AM The answer is investing in the wind – Joint ventures in offshore wind By Susan Riitala Ravi Pattani Julia Norsetter The global economy is undergoing an energy transition that promises to put clean renewable energy sources front and centre by the end of...
5/30/2023 3:02:33 PM The reform of the UK Tonnage Tax regime and its implications By Spiros Zavitsas Alexander Rackow The government used the Spring Budget 2023 to confirm three significant amendments to the UK Tonnage Tax regime: Opening an 18-month...
6/30/2022 12:58:58 PM Ship finance without a ship? Addressing the risks of newbuild financing By Romain Farnoux “It is good that I make you build, of this ship which shall sail on the sea, the hull, the decks and the mast, and then on a sunny day,...
1/12/2021 12:07:56 PM Assignment of insurances: The secured lender’s obligation to obtain proper recovery By Vassilis Mavrakis In a late 2020 judgment (Aegean Baltic Bank SA v Renzlor Shipping Ltd and Ors [2020] EWHC 2851 (Comm)), the High Court provided important...
10/16/2020 7:54:29 AM A new world of ship leasing and sale and leaseback transactions By Lianjun Li Jaye Bhogal Traditionally, the most common way of financing ships has been through debt and equity financing. However, over the past decade, ship...
8/25/2020 10:15:49 AM Recent Trends in U.S. Vessel Arrest Cases By Jane Sarma Alice Colarossi As the global economic recession grows, so does the number of vessel arrests by maritime creditors. We highlight below four trends...