Cozen O'Connor

Well known for representing vessel owners and operators, as well as financial institutions and investors, Cozen O'Connor‘s ship finance attorneys are routinely mandated to advise on asset-based loans, leasing transactions, and government guaranteed credit facilities. The practice also covers advice to investors in relation to maritime M&A, as well as assistance to publicly listed shipping companies with the listing of publicly traded securities and privately placed debt instruments. The firm is additionally home to experts in Marshall Islands and Liberian maritime law, while also maintaining a robust maritime bankruptcy practice. David Heffernan chairs the firm’s transportation and trade group, in which Robert Magovern sits as vice-chair; and New York-based Geoffrey Ferrer focuses on US and non-US flag shipping matters, along with asset-based lending (including ship finance and equipment leasing). The group further fields Anne Mickey, who represents foreign and domestic shipping companies in financing transactions involving the vessel registries of the US, Liberia, Marshall Islands, Vanuatu, and the Bahamas; and Jeff Vogel, whose wide-ranging practice incorporates advice to international and US companies on government-guaranteed financings. Another active practitioner, Joshua Stein’s expertise includes representing shipowners on financings. All attorneys listed are in the firm’s Washington DC office unless otherwise stated.