About Seward & Kissel LLP

Seward & Kissel LLP has a global reputation as the “go-to” US maritime law firm in the areas of banking and finance, litigation, capital markets, M&A, private equity, restructuring and insolvency, tax, regulatory and sanctions, and has handled many of the world’s largest, most complex and innovative transactions. The firm’s banking and finance practice is highly regarded and well diversified. Its balanced practice allows and encourages the team to be pragmatic and commercially oriented and not driven by formulaic responses to sticky negotiating points in loan documents, and to provide smart, practical advice to clients in every situation. The firm has expertise in contentious matters related to shipping, transportation, energy, commodities and investments. The maritime litigation practice focuses on the business of shipping, including disputes arising from financing transactions, shipping securities and governance matters, as well as vessel operations and traditional maritime claims. The firm has advised clients in the area of international sanctions for many years. The firm’s litigators are backed by the most prominent maritime corporate practice in the USA.