Vores forretningsområder

Transport

Udfordringer og behov

Transport af gods er en kompliceret og ofte sammensat proces, der involverer mange aktører. Dette gælder, uanset om transporten udføres ad landevejen, luftvejen eller til søs. Transportopgaverne foregår ofte mellem flere lande, og de regler, der regulerer dem, er derfor baseret på internationale konventioner. Det er vigtigt for både ladningsejere og transportører, at leverancer fremkommer rettidigt og ubeskadigede, og risikoen for en konflikt er derfor til stede ved enhver transportopgave. Dette understreger behovet for en klar afgrænsning af den enkelte aktørs opgaver og dermed af hans mulige ansvar.

Hvordan kan vi hjælpe

Vi har omfattende erfaring med at rådgive både transportvirksomheder, transportkøbere og deres forsikringsgivere om den mest hensigtsmæssige afgrænsning af deres pligter for derigennem at sætte dem i stand til bedst muligt at vurdere deres risici. Gennem vores netværk samarbejder vi med førende internationale transportadvokater, og vi kan derfor give vores klienter den bedst mulige bistand, uanset hvor i verden de bliver involveret i en konflikt.

Vi tilbyder rådgivning inden for bl.a.:     
  • Salgs- og leveringsbetingelser
  • Konfliktløsningsklausuler, herunder lovvalg og værneting
  • Tvistbehandlinger
 
  • BEST (Bech-Bruun Emergency Services Team) 
  • Forsikringsvilkår

 

Vores ratings

Chambers Europe Rating 2012

Shipping

Bech-Bruun is traditionally strong in shipping and maintains its wide-ranging practice. Its clients include cargo owners, insurers, shipowners, operators, managers and offshore energy companies. A recent highlight demonstrating the group's cross-border capacity was its involvement in the reconstruction of the Containership Company, a mandate which included the filing of 75 shipping-related lawsuits in New York. Sources say: "All the team members are excellent communicators and keep us well advised." 

Peers hail department head Jes Anker Mikkelsen as "outstanding," whilst clients observe that "he is highly respected, which is always an advantage when he is on your side in court." Well-known litigator Henrik Valdorf-Hansen represents clients in both the Danish Supreme Court and arbitration proceedings. Commentators pinpoint Johannes Grove Nielsen as an up-and-coming name with growing market visibility.

Chambers and Partners Europe, Shipping

Legal 500 Rating 2012

Shipping and transport

Bech-Bruun advises P&I clubs, shipowners, operators and carriers in the Maritime and Commercial Court and the Supreme Court. Clients include A.P. Møller – Maersk, Stena Line and Thomas Cook, and insurers such as TrygVesta and If P&C Insurance. Lines of work included an increase in detention disputes and the termination of charter party arrangements. Group head Jes Anker Mikkelsen is a certified mediator, whose expertise has brought instructions involving offshore energy and renewables. Henrik Valdorf-Hansen acted in international arbitrations concerning damage to wind turbine foundations in Germany and Austria.

Legal 500, Shipping and transport

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Artikel 02. marts 2012

Mørke skyer lurer i horisonten

Reference 24. januar 2012

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