Today, in the trend of openness and integration of the economy, the increasing demand for goods import and export has opened upopened many development prospects for Vietnam’s maritime industry. With the advantage of geographical location, a coastline of more than 3,260 km, and close to important international maritime routes, Viet Nam converges many favorable conditions for the development of marine economy in general and maritime industry in particular.. Besides, the legal risks happening are inevitable. Choosing a good attorney in the maritime industry to be thoroughly consulted about the terms before conducting the transaction and signing the contract is a top important issue. The following article, Lac Duy & Associates will provide a broader perspective of a Maritime Attorney.
The work that a Maritime Attorney do is:
− Advice to prevent legal risks in the process of contract performance:
- Counseling on clientustomers on ship registry, ship mortgage, shipbuilding, ship charter contracts, general average;
- Support clientscustomers to promptly grasp changing domestic and international maritime shipping regulations.
− In case of any damage, they will participate in solving legal issues related to the collision, rescue and towing, stranding, general average and personal loss, pollution, clearance of the wreck and all marine reinsurance and insurance matters.
− When a dispute occurs, they will:
- Represents the Association insurance of civil liability of shipowners, representing insurance companies relatives/hull and the ship owners on issues related to disaster victims;
- Representing the person entitled to receive the goods, the cargo insurer and parties with interests in the goods in the collision, consulting on claiming compensation from non-cargo ships and cargo ships
- In addition, they are also involved in dealing with human damage and injury or damage to oil storage works, oil/gas ports, drilling rigs, and structures outside the warehouse…
Currently, many units are providing maritime legal services. However, not all units can bring effective and guaranteed services to clientscustomers. Therefore, it is advisable to choose a reputable and experienced unit in the maritime industry.
In case, readers have questions or need assistance with disputes about ships, disputes on the arrest of ships, disputes on ship release, disputes on the carriage of goods by seagoing ships, disputes on charter contracts, disputes on shipbuilding contracts, or settling disputes on maritime and shipping… can contact Lac Duy & Associates for timely advice.