Our services are tailored for corporate businesses, shipowners, charterers, commodity traders, banks, insurers, port terminal operators, shipping lines, shippers, consignees, cargo agents, government and regulators, offshore service companies, oil and gas companies etc. Our shipping lawyers advise on contentious and non-contentious dry shipping matters, including arrest and release of ships, charterparties/shipping contracts, cargo claims, collision, port concession/operation agreements and disputes, limitation of maritime liabilities, marine insurance, ship finance, cabotage and ship registration.
Garrigues Firm boasts of smart and resourceful legal advisors and litigators with solid cognate experience, good professional background and having worked in Tier 1 and globally acclaimed law firms and reputable multinational entities. Over the years, our attorneys have advised P&I clubs, multinationals and national companies and have represented cargo interests (importers & exporters) in cargo claims as well as claims against terminal operators and shipping companies in respect of damaged goods, demurrage, cargo evacuation and delivery, and contentious port/operational charges.
Steven Simon
Founder & Senior PartnerHe is a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales, and a barrister of Italy, specialising in International and Human Rights Law and Immigration and Refugee Law, dealing also with investments and sustainable development and international cooperation too.
George Stevens
Family Law DepartmentHe is currently the head of the Family Law Department of Garrigues Law Firm. He holds a Master’s Degree in Law and is dual jurisdiction qualified, having practiced as an Attorney, Solicitors and Advocate of the Supreme Court for some years now.
David Smith
Deputy Head of ImmigrationHe holds an LLB. LLM. MRes and is our current head of immigration appeals as he deals with all immigration matters ranging from leave to remain applications, naturalisation, immigration appeals and lodging judicial review application for upper-tier tribunal.
Elizabeth Newman
Head of ConveyancingShe is currently the head of Conveyance Law Department of Garrigues Law Firm. She holds a BA in Law and Economics with her expertise in representing clients in Conveyance law and also difficult immigration and human rights matters, demand for her services.