International trade: With China’s accession into WTO, the number of legal matters regarding multi-lateral trade soared and the Chinese domestic enterprises are confronted with new tests in the context of an intensively competitive world. S&P international trade team is familiar with not only the Chinese maritime commerce laws but also the rules of international trade and has greatly improved itself in the numerous litigations it has dealt with in the field of international trade. We have excellent performance in terms of international commodities, sale of goods, anti-dumping, anti-subsidy and safeguard measures, or maritime transport and insurance. While highlighting its characteristics and maintaining its dominant position in domestic practice of law, S&P has received new vitality for its future development due to the development of its international business.
Maritime Commerce: Most of S&P lawyers proficient in marine affairs have received their education overseas and are proficient in foreign languages and able to use several languages to review and draft documents, provide legal advice and participate in negotiations so as to offer professionalized legal services to our clients in the areas of international freight, logistics and trade. These lawyers are familiar with the theoretical and practical links of the maritime commerce and know well the need and interest of the clients, which enables them to accurately judge and identify relevant risks and provide prompt professional advice to the clients that right fits the need of such clients.
The legal services provided by S&P are (including without limitation) the following:
Export and import contracts
Legal services related to coastal transport
Debt collection both home and abroad
Dispute regarding marine insurance contracts
Draft or review of L/C
Trade financing and delivery against bank guarantee
Charter, B/L, maritime fraud, ship seizure, shipment, warehousing, cargo seizure
Matters related to commodity inspection, foreign exchange and customs
Customs protection of intellectual property rights
Maritime fraud
Charter party disputes (voyage, term and bareboat charter party etc.)
Application for procedure for interpellation of maritime liens
Comprehensive logistics, warehouse receipts pledge
Shipping agents and freight forwarders
Compensation disputes regarding ship collision
Dispute regarding general average
Maritime claim preservation (preservation of maritime evidences and ship arrest)
Application for and enforcement of marine injunctions
Establishment of Limitation Fund for Maritime Claims and the auction of the ships and/or cargo involved
Foreign trade agency contract
Ship trading, mortgage, registration, construction, financing and financing leasing
Oil pollution and environmental damages
Port Operation
Air, railways and land transport and international multimodal transport
Dispute regarding crew employment contracts