Asia

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. 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 and Maritime Law Association of Singapore 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. It advises insurance companies in marine insurance, collisions, hijacking, maritime frauds pollution liability and war risks. With an extensive ship finance practice it has acted for international lenders in over 300 ship finance deals in the last 10 years. The oil and gas and offshore practice group has extensive depth in knowledge of

Shardul Thacker

Shardul Thacker, Partner is recognized as a Leading Lawyer in Banking & Finance and Shipping by Chambers Asia Pacific 2012, recipient of the Leading Lawyer Award, Asia Law Publication for Shipping and Maritime from 2003-2012. 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 and has written the India section in International Maritime Law Handbook (Kluwer Law International), Euromoney’s Ship Finance Annuals, Admiralty Law in Martindale Hubbell International Law Digest, Time Bar in Reinsurance, “An International Comparison”, Clyde & Co. and International Arbitration Review 2010 to 2012, Law Business Research, London.

the industry and acts for rig and ship owners and advices them on tenders with ONGC.

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.

Recent awards won by the firm include Global Leading firms Top Tier Rankings 2012 for the Most Trusted Law Firm of the Year – Shipping & Maritime – India by DealMakers, Shipping and Maritime Law Firm of the Year 2012, India by ACQ Global Awards, Most Trusted Law Firm of the Year – Shipping and Maritime, India 2012 by Lawyers World, Indian Shipping & Maritime Law Firm of the Year 2012 by Corporate Live Wire, Maritime Law Firm of the Year, India, 2012 by Corporate INTL.

Areas of Expertise

• Admiralty • Arbitration • Aviation • Banking & Securities • Broadcasting • Corporate and Commercial Law • Customs and Tariff • Employment • Energy (Oil & Gas) • Environmental Law • Finance (Aircraft Ship & Project) • Foreign Investment • Intellectual Property • Insurance • Litigation • Logistics • Maritime and Shipping • Mergers & Acquisitions • Media • Real Estate & Property • Trade & Transport

Contact:

Mulla & Mulla & Craigie Blunt & Caroe Advocates, Solicitors & Notaries Mulla House, 51, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Fort, Mumbai 400 001, India.v

Tel: (+91-22) 2204 4960 / (+91 22) 2262 3191 Fax: (+91-22) 2204 0246 / (+91 22) 6634 5497 Email: info@mullaandmulla.com

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