01/ Nick J Shaw, Reed Smith
NICK Shaw heads the global shipping practice at Reed Smith, which has impressed this year across litigation, finance and advisory work. Much of his work is behind closed doors, in arbitration.
The firm’s growing cross-border finance team advised Deutsche Bank on the strategic disposal of $1bn of shipping loans.
This year has seen Reed Smith’s litigation and regulatory teams advise clients on the impact of sanctions, particularly US sanctions against Iran — clarified as recently as October 2018 at the High Court in the firm’s successful marine insurance case, Mamancochet Mining Ltd v Aegis Managing Agency Ltd and Others. Maritime Lawyer.
02/ Christopher R Nolan, Holland & Knight
CHRISTOPHER Nolan is a litigator and co-chair of Holland & Knight’s Transportation and Infrastructure Group, based in New York.
This year has seen his caseload grow, as he has dealt with a variety of issues including those arising from bunker contamination in the US Gulf.
He has also secured a summary dismissal removing his client — a major freight forwarder — from the MSC Flaminia case, the most substantial container fire casualty litigated in the US this decade. Maritime law.
Mr Nolan also acts as National Counsel for a major ocean carrier.
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