Recognised for delivering technical expertise and fostering strong commercial relationships, we provide robust advice on disputes and liabilities across commodities, shipping insurance, cargo, freight, and logistics.
Our marine team is proud to be consistently recognised in top legal directories for Insurance, Shipping, and Commodities. We work with a wide range of clients—from P&I clubs and insurers to owners, charterers, port operators, and financiers.
What truly sets us apart is our collaborative approach and tailored service. With experts based in key international hubs—including London, Dubai, Hong Kong, Milan via Naples, Paris, Valencia, and Vancouver—we offer clients seamless, coordinated support across jurisdictions. This international reach ensures we can respond swiftly and strategically to the cross-border challenges our clients face, wherever they operate.
Our services:
Our services span the entire range of marine insurance and reinsurance business lines, including:
- Cargo, stock throughput and goods in transit.
- Project cargo, and DSU.
- Hull and machinery.
- War, strikes and terrorism risks (including war, detention, piracy, seizure/confiscation, blocking and trapping, malicious damage).
- Marine Cyber.
- Mortgagee’s interest, loss of hire and builder’s risks.
- Fine art and specie.
- Yachts, pleasure craft, and fish boats.
- Marine and excess liabilities (including charterers’ liability, freight services liability, marine trades, ports and terminals, ship repairers’ liability, stevedore liability).
- P&I (protection and indemnity).
- Marine personal injury.
- Commodities.
Our specialists bring extensive experience advising on many of the world’s most significant and high-profile marine casualties, including recent matters such as:
- Dali
Sounion - One Apus
- Ever Given
- Hoegh Osaka
- V Due
- Maersk Honam
- Maersk Essen
- New Diamond
- Front Altair
- Msc Daniela
- Msc Flaminia
- Prestige
- MV Groton
- Maersk Frankfurt
We will be producing regular contact in the form of news articles. Please tag to appear as latest insights. First three pieces to be launched July/Sept/Aug. In the Autumn we will be launching a podcast with a focus on Marine. First article - The pay to be paid clause | DWF Group
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