Shipping and Maritime

Shipping and Maritime

EPLegal is a top tier law firm that provides comprehensive legal advices relating to shipping – aviation issues in support of local and international clients. Our firm is well known for outstanding practice in transactional, contentious and non-contentious work in the field of shipping – aviation. EPLegal advises a diverse client base comprised of banks and shipping – aviation organizations and associations.
Based on considerable experience of offshore developments and related chartering, our firm has involved in more than half of FPSO/FSO projects in Vietnam in various positions, including acting for the sponsors, co-ventures, and/or financiers as well as handling contentious cases and has recently represented clients in numerous maritime claims.
Our key members have sound knowledge of shipping laws and other laws related to marine activities. Accordingly, we would be your best choice for reliable legal advice in relation to all aspects of the shipping – aviation including admiralty, cargo recovery and defense, ship finance and sale & purchase and ship arrest.

Our experts also have gained substantial experience in assisting clients with legal matters in aircraft lease/novation/transfer transactions such as preparation of and drafting aircraft lease agreement, novation/transfer agreement. In addition, we also provide clients with a broad range of advice services for owners, lessors, lenders and guarantors in the planning and exercise of remedies in connection with financing and refinancing transactions. In Vietnamese aviation market, we have experience in representing VietJet Aviation Joint Stock Company in all types of international operating lease transactions with foreign lessors.
We are proud that our legal advices give client a clear understanding and perspective of the myriad issues that an aircarft transaction must creatively and effectively address.