Blank Rome LLP

The ship finance team at Blank Rome LLP represents significant clients on both the borrower and lender side, operating across offices in New York, Washington DC and Houston. The team handles the full range of maritime financing matters, with a significant recent mandate for Philly Shipyard Inc. seeing the firm negotiate a vessel construction agreement to build the first Jones Act compliant fallpipe subsea rock installation vessel. In the Washington DC office, practice head Anthony Salgado remains a key authority on Jones Act matters, notably Jones Act citizenship issues and their impact on US ship financings and transactions. Salgado’s practice extends to encompass Title XI financings, offshore shipping company bankruptcies, and shipping M&As and joint ventures, with strong expertise in Liberian and Marshall Islands maritime law issues. Natalie Radabaugh handles a wide range of US and foreign maritime transactions, including vessel secured financings, lease financing and vessel construction agreements. Based in Houston, Douglas Shoemaker has extensive arbitration experience concerning domestic and international maritime contractual disputes, whilst also being deeply involved in the US offshore wind industry.