Wood & Lee lawyers represent vessel and aircraft, yacht, ship and logistics company owners, operators, charterers, Non-Vessel-Owning Common Carriers (NVOCCs) and their insurers in all types of casualty work, including crew, collisions, groundings, charter party disputes, salvage and cargo claims. We assist clients with vessel and aircraft finance, stowaways, employment actions, marine insurance issues, customs work, drafting of bills of lading and charter parties, and a variety of transactional work, and our lawyers have obtained security for clients through arrest and attachment of vessels, aircraft, cargo, bunkers and funds.

Representative Experience

• Our lawyers have drafted charter parties and bills of lading for vessel and aircraft interests
• We represent craft and engine manufacturers in design defect lawsuits
• Our lawyers have defended claims for damage to various types of cargo, including food-grade cargoes and industrial equipment
• Our lawyers have obtained recovery for the total loss of a yacht
• Our lawyers have defended a container distributor in a manufacturing defect claim
• Our lawyers have represented vessel interests in a claim for damage caused by an allision of a vessel
• Our lawyers have represented vessel interests in a claim for damage caused by surge from a passing vessel
• Our lawyers have obtained garnishments on behalf of a vessel owner for failure to pay freight
• Our lawyers provide 24/7 emergency response and investigation of marine casualties, including collisions and allisions, groundings, stowaways, vessel arrests, cargo damage and seizures, government detentions, and hull and machinery incidents