Practice Areas
Maritime and Land Transportation Claims & Disputes
Transportation and logistics disputes can have significant commercial and financial consequences. Our team advises port operators, shipowners, carriers, freight forwarders, logistics providers, cargo owners, insurers, and other stakeholders on a broad range of maritime and land transportation claims and disputes. We provide strategic legal advice from the initial incident through negotiation, arbitration, litigation, and emergency intervention within Lebanese territorial waters and international jurisdictions via our correspondent network.
Our Services Include
- Cargo loss and damage claims
- Carriage of goods disputes
- Bills of lading and waybill disputes
- Freight and demurrage claims
- Delay and delivery disputes
- Carrier liability claims
- Marine cargo insurance disputes
- Road transport liability claims
- Rail transportation disputes
- Multimodal transportation disputes
- Charterparty disputes
- Ship arrest and maritime security claims
- Salvage and general average claims
- Collision and marine casualty claims
- Terminal and port operator liability
- Warehouse and storage liability claims
- Freight forwarder and logistics provider liability
- Customs and cross-border transportation disputes
- Recovery and indemnity claims
- Arbitration, mediation, and court proceedings
Cargo & Bill of Lading Claims
Our firm manages the full spectrum of cargo-related liabilities, balancing the protections of the Hague-Visby Rules and Hamburg Rules against contractual obligations.
- Liability Defense & Pursuit: Handling claims for cargo loss, damage, or shortage, including contamination of liquid bulk and damage to containerized goods.
- Title & Possession: Disputes involving the misdelivery of cargo, delivery without production of original Bills of Lading, and the exercise of maritime liens over cargo for unpaid freight.
Admiralty & Interlocutory Relief
We provide immediate legal intervention in Lebanese ports to secure claims or defend against aggressive litigation.
- Vessel Arrest & Security: Execution and defense of Saisie Conservatoire (Provisional Arrest) of vessels to secure maritime liens or sister-ship claims.
- Collision & Casualty: Legal management of liabilities arising from collisions, groundings, and salvage operations, including the limitation of liability funds.
- Marine Insurance: Advisory on Hull & Machinery (H&M) and Protection & Indemnity (P&I) coverage disputes and subrogation recovery.
Specialized Asset & Liability Risk
Our department maintains deep sector-specific expertise, ensuring that coverage analysis aligns with the operational realities of the industry.
- Marine, Aviation & Transport: Comprehensive management of hull, cargo, and liability risks within the global supply chain, including the resolution of complex maritime insurance disputes.
- Construction & Infrastructure: Advisory on CAR/EAR (Contractors All Risks) policies and the management of latent defect and delay-in-start-up claims.
- Casualty & Personal Injury: Defense and evaluation of high-quantum personal injury claims and industrial liability exposures.
Contentious Claims & Subrogation
We act as lead counsel in the resolution of friction between insurers and the insured, as well as between cedants and reinsurers.
- Coverage & Indemnity Disputes: Technical analysis of non-disclosure, breach of warranty, and the application of exclusion clauses.
- Subrogation & Recovery: Aggressive pursuit of subrogated interests to recover losses from liable third parties across multiple jurisdictions.