We offer legal advises to owners, managers, charterers and shipping companies and freight forwarders to help them deal with their legal and commercial issues within the country or abroad, providing a modern, expert service primarily based on the development of long-standing business affiliations with our high valued clients. We treat our business acquaintances and associates with respect and provide confidentiality, exclusivity and transparency in our costs and business dealings. Our experienced and specialized personnel as well as our participation in a wider multi-service network, give us the opportunity to offer tailored packages so to formulate specialized, cost-effective legal solutions for our shipping clients. Subsequently, we upkeep high standards of professionalism and value, providing the best interests.
We make available legal advises on shipping stocks and on general corporate matters, tax solutions on planning and advising, implementing the VAT leasing scheme, joining the tonnage tax system. We also audit and provide book-keeping services to ship-owning and ship-management companies. We assist and regularly advise banks, financial institutions and investors in connection with all aspects of shipping finance.
We direct on agreements such as loan or management or shareholder or wage or transshipment, securing guarantees and accounts, facilities, mortgages on vessels, payroll services for crew members, pledge of shares, security documents, sales and purchases, issuing legal opinions on a wide range of ship finance transactions. We also provide registration and drafting and interpreting contracts, ship mortgages, international deals with all legal aspects of shipping such litigation and alternative dispute resolution. Plus, training, certification, enforcement and registration of seafarers, vessels, yachts and shipping companies under the Cyprus Registry.
We counsel on salvage claims, claims on damaged or lost cargoes, collisions, advises on security, financing and enforcement of mortgage, personal injury claims, we control vessels in respect of safety, security, we also inspect and do surveys pollution prevention. We advise and assist ship owners, shipyards, ship managers, bare-boat charterers, on issues relating to the ship management regarding employment or the qualifications of crew and officers, as well as living working conditions of seafarers, always protecting the right of the shipboard personnel for self-defense or statutory requirements and offenses, and accordingly control the certification of coastal passengers and high-speed crafts.
We also deliver informative publications so to keep up with the maritime industry. We are continuously well-versed and updated, whereas focusing on the promotion of Cyprus as a maritime center and an international registry, with our participation in international organizations and cooperation with maritime authorities in other countries. We represent ship owners, shipping companies, ship brokers, insurers and other related entities in disputes with a maritime dimension. Our legal expertise covers the whole spectrum of an international shipping activity.
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