Trade & Commodities

Maritime Consult boasts a wealth of profound expertise in the realm of trade and commodities, a domain that seamlessly complements our primary focus on shipping matters. Our comprehensive understanding of market dynamics empowers us to operate seamlessly within the intricacies of this sector. By collaborating seamlessly within a team framework, we effectively synergize with legal experts from diverse jurisdictions to achieve optimal outcomes for our clients.

We possess a keen insight into discerning the opportune moments as engaging pertinent expert and Counsel, ensuring that our clients receive the utmost support in their endeavors. This strategic approach underscores our commitment to delivering tailored and strategic solutions, as well as our unwavering dedication to facilitating favorable results in the various facets of trade, commodities, and shipping.

Our regular engagements involve representing traders embroiled in a wide spectrum of issues, including:

• Disputes related to quality and cargo contamination/damage claims.
• Resolving final and binding quality disputes.
• Addressing claims pertaining to laycan and delays.
• Managing force majeure claims and the ensuing disputes.
• Assessing the enforceability of contracts.
• Navigating disputes involving Letter of Credit matters.

Our in-depth comprehension of market dynamics equips us to operate adeptly within a collaborative framework, seamlessly collaborating with legal experts from diverse jurisdictions to ensure successful outcomes. We have a keen ability to discern the opportune moments to engage the right experts and Counsel, providing unwavering support to our clients.

With years of experience in arbitrations within such esteemed institutions as GAFTA, FOSFA, LCAM, LCIA, LMAA and others we fully realise the right way of handling our clients’ cases. Those years of practising also allowed us to establish a significant track record of obtaining securities for our clients’ claims, arbitrations in various jurisdictions of the world. In instances where it's appropriate, we've successfully pursued avenues like piercing the corporate veil to enforce arbitration awards and judgments.

Leveraging our accumulated experience, we proactively partner with clients to preempt potential challenges by crafting and refining contracts. Furthermore, our expertise enables us to identify and highlight red flag issues in advance, contributing to problem prevention and fostering smoother operational trajectories.