Historically, maritime law constitutes large portion of our practice and traces back to the very early days of AstapovLawyers. Nowadays, AstapovLawyers Maritime and Transportation Practice is moving in pace with the industry, which is growing in Ukraine and Russian Federation as the freight rates reach record heights. This is especially true on commodity related transportation.

Our M&T professionals are experienced in all aspects of maritime law, including cargo loss, salvage, insurance coverage, purchase and sale of vessels, collective bargaining agreements, charter parties, longshore actions, personal injury, collision, B.U.I., dry and wet shipping litigations etc.

AstapovLawyers Team advises and litigates on the issues of charter parties, bills of lading, laytime and demurrage/detention, CMR/CIM Contracts, maritime insurance and other transportation insurance, loss/damage in transit.

We mostly represent cargo interests, but have considerable experience in representing ship owners as well. We are also familiar with the law of freight-forwarding and the legal issues freight-forwarders face. This includes all types of FIATA documents: FCR, FCT, FBL (including amended FBL), and FWB.

Maritime insurance is a separate portion of our practice which is rapidly growing above the market pace. We represent P&I Clubs and insurance companies in a number of ground breaking litigations in the industry.

AstapovLawyers is focused on delivering technical excellence and outstanding client service, committing to exceed clients' expectations and tailor every advice to their needs.