Shipping & Maritime Law Firm of the Year - India

Firm Profile

Mulla & Mulla & Craigie Blunt and Caroe established in 1895 is a full service firm advising on all aspects of corporate commercial law including intellectual property, banking and finance, company law, litigation and dispute resolution, real estate, shipping, insurance and infrastructure. The firm proudly represents clients, a majority of whom are Fortune 500 companies and part of the largest 50 Indian corporate houses. The firm is a member of the IBA, ABA, Maritime Law Association of Singapore, PRAC amongst others. The firm has a strong admiralty

practice with a worldwide reputation as specialists in all aspects of the shipping laws acting for shipowners, charterers, hull & cargo insurers, P&I & Defence Clubs, salvage & tug companies, container handlers, shipbuilders, bunker suppliers etc. With an extensive ship finance practice it has acted for international lenders in over 300 ship finance deals in the last 10 years. Bolstered with a robust litigation

and dispute resolution practice, in the last 10 years it has handled over 700 ship arrest matters in India and 50 arbitrations relating to shipbuilding, oil & gas exploration, charterparties in Hong Kong, India, London, Rotterdam and Singapore. The firm advises insurance

companies in marine insurance and reinsurance, hijacking, maritime frauds pollution liability, loss of profit and war risks and interacts with marine surveyors and P&I Clubs. The oil and gas and offshore

practice group has extensive knowledge of the industry and acts for various Indian and international rig and ship owners and advices them on tenders/ contracts with ONGC. The firm’s transport and logistics

practice group advises on all laws relating to trade of commodities, oils, metals in the international market

Mr. Thacker has written the India section in:

- International Maritime Law Handbook published by Kluwer Law International.

- Limitation of Liability by Griggs and Williams (Ex partners of Ince & Co.)

including customs law and import and tariff regulations. Recent awards received by the firm include Shipping & Maritime Law Firm of the Year in India – 2011 by ACQ Law, Shipping Law Firm of the Year in India 2011 by Corporate INTL, Transport Law Firm of the Year in India – 2010 by Corporate INTL, Shipping, Maritime & Aviation Law Firm of the Year in India 2008 and 2010 by Indian Business Law Journal. Five of the 14 Partners of the firm are recognized as ‘Leaders in their Field’ by Chambers Asia Pacific 2012.

- Euromoney’s Ship Finance Annuals for the last several years.

- Admiralty Law in Martindale Hubbell International Law Digest.

- Time Bar in Reinsurance, “An International Comparison”, Clyde & Co.

- Cross-Border Security, Norton Rose, Buttorworths publications.

- International Arbitration Review 2010 and 2011, Law Business Research, London

Mr. Shardul Thacker  shardul.thacker@mullaandmulla.com

Mr. Shardul Thacker, Partner is the recipient of Leading Lawyer in Banking & Finance and Shipping by Chambers Asia Pacific 2011, Leading Lawyer Award from Asia Law Publication for Shipping and Maritime from 2003-2011 and for Dispute Resolution from 2003-2010. He has featured in the International Who’s Who of Banking Lawyers 2010 by the International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers. He has featured in the Asia Leading Lawyers for Business Law 2011 by Chambers & Partners. A solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales (1981) & Hong Kong (1982) he is the India correspondent for Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly. He is a fellow of the Singapore International Arbitration Center and an Arbitrator on the panel of Construction Industry Development Counsel of India.

Contact

Shardul Thacker

Mulla & Mulla & Craigie Blunt & Caroe

Mulla House, 51. M. G. Road, Fort, Mumbai 400 001.

Tel. (91 22) 2204 4960 / 2262 3191 Fax: (91 22) 6634 5497

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Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2011