Shipping & Transport

Who We Are

We serve local and international clients both in respect of disputes and contractual matters. In contractual matters, we assist the clients with international carriage agreements, warehouse lease agreements, purchase agreements, co-operation agreements with partners and agreements with clients.
Shipping and transport matters are handled by our experts having a rare combination of both experience and academic background in shipping and maritime matters. Our core focus is mostly related to carrier's liability insurance and marine insurance matters. Key competence areas are cargo insurance and road carrier's liability under local law and CMR.

Practice In Detail
  • Air Carriage Disputes
  • Bill of Lading Disputes
  • CMR Litigation
  • Carriage Contract Disputes
  • Carrier’s Liability Insurance
  • Distribution Contracts
  • Freight Forwarder Disputes
  • Freight Forwarding Disputes
  • Logistics Park Development
  • Logistics for Retail
  • M&A of Terminals
  • Sea Carriage Disputes
  • Trade Finance
  • Warehouse Leases
Clients
  • AirBaltic
  • AON Baltic
  • CMA CGM
  • Dommo Grupa
  • DPD
  • East Capital Real Estate
  • Eesti Post
  • Fracht
  • If P&C Insurance
  • Inova Baltic
  • Itella Logistics
  • Latvijas autoceļu uzturētājs
  • NPD Logistics Solutions
  • Omniva
  • SmartLynx Airlines
  • Triangel
  • Valmieras stikla šķiedra

Team

Experience

Defending If P&C Insurance AS Lithuania against a claim for EUR 0.12 Mio damages due to stolen cargo during carriage from Germany to Russia.

Acting on behalf of Fracht SIA in multijurisdictional litigation against a former shareholder and a transport company, which jointly performed illegal activities with the client’s property.

Assisting MG Valda and Invalda AB in more than EUR 19 Mio insolvency proceedings of Dommo Grupa and its subsidiaries, operating a logistics warehouse nearby Riga, and closing insolvency with a successful buy-out of all claims from Swedbank by the clients and return to solvency of Dommo Grupa.

Assistance to CEE investor in potential acquisition of a listed companies Ventspils Nafta AS, Latvijas Kugnieciba AS and related entities. The work included legal due diligence, takeover law analyses and corporate governance advisory.

Assistance to Baltijas Elektro Sabiedrība SIA, a subsidiary of Fega & Schmitt Elektrogroshandel GmbH, in commercial law  matters including review of development of the standard terms of business with focus on logistics and increase of equity as well as formation of branch and its tax aspects.

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