Abdülhalim Altinel Law Firm has assists his clients in negotiating and drafting international ship building contracts and structuring guarantee transactions.

In addition to our legal team’s familiarity with commonly used ship building form contracts and legal developments in the field, we are capable of understanding the particular risks and needs of every single project and developing legal responses there to. Disputes arising from ship building, repair and conversion are also handled efficiently and with the full understanding of ship building contracts’ nature and terms.

Abdülhalim Altinel Law Firm is regularly retained by ship owners, yards and insurers on new building, repair and conversion contracts and associated finance for all types of vessels, including conventional commercial ships and specialist vessels for the offshore industry, offshore structures and FPSOs.

Our work covers not only standard forms including NEWBUILDCON, SAJ and AWES, but also individual and unique contracts.

As experienced litigators, we act in disputes in court and in arbitrations relating to shipbuilding, ship conversion, offshore platforms and FPSOs, advising on contractual and technical disputes, disputed cancellations, financing disputes, claims under guarantees, insurance, delay and force majeure claims.