Maritime

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McGlinchey's Maritime team represents clients in the shipping, banking, energy, logistics, and financial services industries.

Our clients include vessel owners, rig and marine facility owners, property owners, banks, private equity groups, logistics companies, maritime suppliers, oil and gas companies, underwriters, drilling contractors, government contractors, and brokers.  

As a full-service legal team, we assist clients through all stages of formation, capitalization, regulatory compliance, operational issues, restructuring and workouts, bankruptcy proceedings, litigation, and arbitration. The firm represented one of Louisiana’s largest shipyards for decades, assisting with all legal facets of its operations, including in connection with the negotiation and documentation of shipbuilding contracts, debt facilities, acquisitions of other shipyards, corporate and debt restructurings, construction disputes and litigation, construction bond issues and disputes, and the disposition of the shipyard in January 2016. 

We also serve clients in a complex area that very few firms have the experience and knowledge to navigate: marine finance in the international sector. 

Our comprehensive experience includes: 

  • Charter drafting and disputes 
  • Death on the High Seas Act (DOHSA) 
  • Defense of personal injury, toxic torts, and death claims 
  • Export-Import Bank of the United States financing 
  • Financing vessels and rigs 
  • Jones Act 
  • Limitation of Liability Act 
  • Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act 
  • MARAD Title XI financing  
  • Marine fuel contamination 
  • Maritime arbitrations 
  • Maritime collisions and allisions 
  • Maritime liens 
  • Negligent towage 
  • Offshore drilling activities 
  • Oil, gas, and energy disputes 
  • Oil Well Lien Act 
  • Oilfield Indemnity Acts – Louisiana and Texas 
  • Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
  • Products liability 
  • Property damage 
  • Vessel and rig construction 
  • Vessel seizures 

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What We See on the Horizon

Contact the McGlinchey Maritime team for our latest insights about the following:

Turning Liabilities into Assets. Companies in the maritime industry are beginning to acquire offshore assets that have been “stacked” – that is, those that have been dormant because the work has dried up and now are essentially liabilities. Various operators and private equity groups are buying or considering buying these assets at reduced rates with the expectation that the market will soon pick up. We think this trend will gain momentum, and we’ve got our finger on the pulse of this activity. We can help clients quickly execute such trades if they wish to enter, or exit, this market.

Going Green for both the Earth and Profits. Our clients and prospective clients are more and more concerned about oil spills and other environmental accidents. Often they need to obtain and update Coast Guard certificates to prove that they have the proper insurance coverage for such events. They’re also investing more resources in greener operations by buying alternative-energy vessels and those that are more energy-efficient and give off fewer emissions – moves that are both environmentally friendly and economically prudent. We monitor these developments closely and continuously and cultivate and maintain relationships with regulatory bodies, both of which enhance our ability to serve clients’ needs. 

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  • Handling Difficult Removals with Success

    Member Tarush Anand (Houston) will co-present on a panel, "Handling Difficult Removals with Success," at the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC) Winter Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday, February 21, 2023. The panel will discuss various topics, including recent case law, artful pleadings and manipulation by Plaintiff's counsel, the problem of the later-served defendant, joinder and consent, and waiver issues.

  • McGlinchey Adds 8 Litigation Associates Across 5 Offices

    McGlinchey is pleased to announce the addition of eight new associates in its Financial Services Litigation and Enterprise Litigation & Investigations practice groups in the last two months of 2022. The litigators join the firm’s Birmingham, Dallas, Cleveland, Houston, and New Orleans offices.

  • McGlinchey Attorneys Named to 2023 Louisiana Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists

    McGlinchey is pleased to announce that 17 attorneys in the firm's Baton Rouge and New Orleans offices have been named to the 2023 Louisiana Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.

  • Jones Act Compliance Challenges in Offshore Wind

    Member Benjamin O. Schupp (New Orleans) will co-present a panel on "Jones Act Compliance Challenges in Offshore Wind" during the Tulane Offshore Wind Conference: Overcoming Barriers in the Gulf at the Port of New Orleans on January 18, 2023.

  • People this Week: New Hires, Promotions, Awards

    New Orleans City Business shared a round-up of exciting news out of the firm's New Orleans office.

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