At BLD, our specialised maritime transportation legal team provides our clients with comprehensive advice on coverage and liability law across the entire range of risks in the marine insurance market, including:
- P&I insurance
- Hull insurance
- Transport insurance
- Charterers' liability insurance
- Add-on insurance products (loss of hire, threat of war, etc.)
Our experts are on hand to assist you with everything from consulting and drawing up maritime insurance products, to providing support in case of loss, to representing you in legal disputes before national and international courts, as well as in mediation and arbitration proceedings before courts of arbitration.
We have extensive experience in all fields of maritime facts and cases of loss, including:
- Collisions, averages and salvages
- Proceedings involving limitation of liability
- Proceedings of general average
- Ship arrest
- Charter agreements
- Bills of lading and contracts of carriage
- Cargo losses and personal injuries
- Environmental damage
- Ship recycling
- Yacht
When it comes to cases with an international dimension, you will also benefit from our partnership with DAC Beachcroft. This partnership enables us to offer seamless legal advice from local experts based along the international maritime trade routes.
At BLD, we also cooperate closely with our in-house experts, such as our colleagues from the Personal Injury Centre for accidents at sea, the technical insurance department for cases of loss at offshore facilities or the environment liability team in cases of averages. Our specialised teams will gladly advise you in the field of Aviation or the field of Road and rail transport.
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