Our Maritime & Shipping practice provides end-to-end advisory and dispute support across the maritime and international trade ecosystem. We advise on both wet and dry shipping matters, covering operational, transactional and contentious issues.

We counsel clients on charter party arrangements, bills of lading, ship sale and purchase transactions, ship finance and leasing, ship registration and flagging, ownership and joint venture structuring, port operations, logistics arrangements, marine insurance, vessel arrest and release, and maritime employment matters. We also advise on trade finance, crude oil and commodity trading, piracy, collision, pollution incidents and regulatory compliance, including cabotage and local content requirements.

Our clients include shipowners, charterers, shipyards, cargo interests, trade and commodity houses, offshore service companies, P&I clubs, marine insurers, financiers, port operators and logistics service providers. We combine commercial awareness with technical industry understanding to deliver responsive, solution-driven representation.

With deep experience in Nigeria’s maritime regulatory environment and practical relationships across port and enforcement agencies, we offer strategic guidance that is both grounded and forward-facing. Our priority is to safeguard operational continuity, mitigate risks and support commercially efficient outcomes.