Shipping & Maritime Law Firm of the Year - France

Firm Profile

A truly Anglo-French Law firm, LEWIS & CO AARPI is based in Paris with five lawyers, Guillaume de Bascher, Leïla Esnard, Michel Ferrer, Peter Iglikowski and Lars Lewis. All are avocats at the Paris bar, and the two founding partners, Peter Iglikowski and Lars Lewis, are also qualified and practise as solicitors in England and Wales. LEWIS & CO AARPI provides a full range of international services in shipping, international trade, insurance and commercial law.

Peter Iglikowski & Lars Lewis

Clients are served by a dedicated team of lawyers who have all worked together for many years, some for more than two decades. LEWIS & CO AARPI advises on English and French law, which means they have a real advantage in large cases involving both systems of law.

Peter Iglikowski

Peter Iglikowski is a dual qualified Solicitor in England and Wales and Avocat at the Paris bar, with 30 years experience in international shipping and commercial law. He is qualified to advise on English and French law. He is specialized in shipping international trade and commercial litigation with extensive experience of arbitration in London and Paris in these fields. He has been practicing in France since 1986.

He studied law at Cambridge and has been a lecturer in private international comparative law at the University of Paris V since 1989. He is fluent in English and French. He also speaks fluent Polish and can read Italian, Spanish and Russian. He is particularly experienced in dealing with cross border disputes. He has extensive experience and contacts in Eastern Europe and Francophone North and West Africa.

22 Lars Lewis

Lars is a Solicitor in England and Wales and an Avocat at the Paris bar. He is the Managing Partner of LEWIS & CO AARPI. He deals with all aspects of shipping, international trade, and insurance, including P&I and defence, casualties, pollution, ship arrest, yachts, cruise and ferry, soft commodities, oil trading, international arbitration, and the defence of personal injury claims. A survey by the International Bar Association in Who’s Who Legal said participants were “very impressed”. Lars often speaks at conferences including the Lloyd’s Maritime Academy ship arrest conference.

Areas of Expertise

LEWIS & CO AARPI advises on both English and French law in the following areas:

· Aviation · Banking

· Carriage by road, CMR, freight forwarding

· Casualties/collisions

· Charterparties and bills of lading, contracts of affreightment

· Commerce

· Commodities, international trade, letters of credit

· Construction · Cruise and ferry · Defence of personal injury claims · Energy, coal, gas, oil · Export credit · Insolvency · Insurance and reinsurance

· International arbitration and dispute resolution

· Protection & indemnity and defence · Pollution

· Ship arrest and other conservatory and enforcement measures

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· Ship sale and purchase · Super yachts and yachts

Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2011

Email: info@lewiscolaw.com Tel: +33 1 77 72 64 21 Website: www.lewiscolaw.com

Lars Lewis Notable Legal Work

LEWIS & CO AARPI lawyers have been involved in many high profile major maritime casualties over the years, as well as day-to-day commercial disputes arising under shipping contracts.

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