Joe Gosden

Highlights of Joe’s work include the following:

• Assisting an American cruise ship operator in a USD100m+ dispute with a Chinese state-owned shipyard, including running Commercial Court proceedings arising out of alleged loan defaults, disputed deliveries and failure to construct cruise ships on time, or at all.
• Advising a leading UK bank on enforcement of a superyacht lending structure across multiple European jurisdictions.
• Assisting an IGP&I Club in handling direct liabilities, limitation and the defence of pollution, clean-up and crew claims arising out of a 2018 collision between an oil tanker and a bulk carrier in disputed Chinese waters, including managing local claims and handling negotiations with other insurance interests.
• Acting for a Middle Eastern shipowner on charterparty termination, bunker supply and ship arrest issues arising out of a Port State Control failure.
• Advising an IGP&I Club on the consequences of the self sustaining decomposition on a bulk carrier and managing local proceedings.
• Providing bespoke trading and subscription terms for a UK fertiliser price indexer.
• Negotiating a USD5m structured trade finance facility for an African commodities trader.
• Assisting a Korean shipowner in relation to long term LNG chartering problems across multiple vessels in its fleet.
• Advising a Venezuelan oil major on a series of London Arbitrations relating to distressed cargo sales, charterparty terminations and handling ancillary local proceedings in the Dutch Antilles (The “Moscow Stars” [2017] EWHC 2130 Comm).
• Advising a London market insurer on a coverage dispute relating to the collapse of an oil rig during decommissioning and dismantling in the Middle East.
• Representing a US sulphur trader in relation to dangerous cargo allegations in London Arbitration.
• Advising a leading Italian superyacht manufacturer on warranty and settlement issues relating to the construction of one of the world’s largest superyachts.
• Acting for a UK crewing agency in relation on a personal injury dispute arising out of alleged defective offshore operations in the North Sea.
• Drafting bespoke contractual, charterparty and central agency terms for an Australian superyacht brokerage.
• Seeking a quia timet injunction on behalf of an Australian cruise ship charterer in relation to rights under quiet enjoyment letters in a Chinese lending structure.
• Advising a Chinese leasing company in relation to a contentious fleet sale of chartered and un-chartered tonnage.
• Assisting a London market insurer in a coverage dispute relating to the towage and recycling of an FPSO in the Indian subcontinent.
• Advising an African commodities trader on the purchase of an FPSO and negotiating lending and contractual deployment structures.
• Defending an application for an anti-suit injunction seeking to restrain a Nigerian cargo claim following the grounding of an LNG carrier (The “Magellan Spirit”) [2016] 2 Lloyd’s Rep. 1) and subsequent resolution of underlying claims.
• Advising an American lender on the enforcement of a lending structure and cargo abandonment in relation to a bulk carrier in African waters.

Interested in specific aspects of Joe’s recent work? Contact london@zeilerfloydzad.com for further reference cases.