Experience & Expertise
Market Expertise and Academic Excellence
Members of our Trade and Transport team possess detailed market knowledge gained through close dealings with the industries involved in international trade and transportation. They also have impressive academic credentials in the fields of aviation and maritime law; through institutionalized arrangements many of them teach regularly at universities (both Swiss and foreign) and in industry training programs. This blend of technical expertise and practical know-how enables us to offer advice on and support in litigation for markets and legal frameworks where international trade and transportation operate.
Broad and Global Experience
We have acted as counsel and arbitrator in disputes involving parties around the world and have advised clients about many different commercial activities. They include:
- transportation contracts and documentation (marine; aviation; road; rail; multimodal; NVOCC; volume contracts; charter agreements);
- claims and claims defense related to transportation arrangements (cargo liability litigation);
- trade fraud litigation;
- casualty litigation;
- Air Traffic Control;
- freight forwarding agreements;
- sales and purchase agreements / commodity sales / distribution agreements;
- INCOTERMS;
- establishment of worldwide structures of distribution and distribution logistics;
- supply chain management;
- trade finance / letters of credit / UCP 600;
- marine and aviation insurance (cargo / hull / liability / P&I);
- ship finance / sale and purchase / flag registration / mortgages;
- aircraft finance / sale and purchase / registration;
- regulatory aspects of marine and aviation activities from Switzerland.