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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  • Vessel Owners: New Sexual Assault, Harassment Obligations under Defense Act Amendments

    Under 2023 amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), owners, masters, and managing operators of U.S. documented commercial vessels, are now required to immediately report incidents of harassment, sexual harassment and sexual assault.

  • 65 McGlinchey Attorneys Recognized in 2024 Best Lawyers, Ones to Watch

    McGlinchey Stafford is proud to announce that 65 of its attorneys have been recognized in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America. These attorneys represent 12 of the firm’s 17 offices throughout nine states and Washington D.C. The recognized attorneys practice in 39 distinct areas of law. Seventeen attorneys are being recognized for the first time.

  • Litigator Thomas Anastos Joins McGlinchey in Houston

    McGlinchey Stafford is pleased to announce that Thomas Anastos has joined the firm’s Enterprise Litigation and Investigations group as an associate in the Houston office. Thomas focuses his practice on representing the insurance, transportation, construction, and energy industries in litigation.

  • How FDCC Members Get It Done with Tarush Anand

    On April 11, 2023, Member Tarush Anand (Houston) joined Valerie Kelner for an episode of the Fed Speaks Podcast,produced by the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC).

  • iDS Talks Building Authentic Relationships with Dan Plunkett

    Member Dan Plunkett (New Orleans), Co-Chair of McGlinchey’s Government and Internal Investigations team, joined Hunter McMahon for an episode of the iDS Talks podcast to discuss the importance of building authentic relationships and bringing your most authentic self to the table.

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