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19 settembre 2015

Industry leaders from around the world gather in Naples for Shipping & The Law

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16/09/2015

Leading opinion-makers and industry leaders from Italy, Europe and around the world will once again gather in Naples for the sixth edition of Shipping & The Law on 15th and 16th October 2015.

On the morning of Thursday 15th October, IMO Secretary General Emeritus, Efthimios Mitropoulos, will open the conference with a keynote speech on Recent Developments in International Shipping.

This year, the newly-elected Presidents of two leading industry associations, Thomas Rehder of the European Community Shipowners Association and Esben Poulsson of the Singapore Shipowners Association, will join key personalities and previous attendees Emanuele Grimaldi, President of the Italian Shipowners Association, and John C. Lyras, former President of Greek and European Community Shipowners Association. John C. Lyras and Esben Poulsson both currently serve as Vice Chairmen of the International Chamber of Shipping.

The former English Court of Appeal judge Sir Bernard Eder will speak on the Astra/Spar Shipping decisions. Former Director of the Oil Pollution Limitation Fund, Mans Jacobsson will consider whether international treaties result in the uniformity of Maritime Law and Jonathan Lux of Stone Chambers will speak on the relationship between arbitration and mediation.

Principal of Studio Legale Lauro, Francesco S. Lauro, who will chair the opening session, says the programme for this year’s conference will provide a rich and varied commentary on the issues affecting the maritime industry in Europe and beyond.

“Our programme considers immediate and pressing issues including the humanitarian emergency posed by the Mediterranean migration crisis, new scenarios arising from the enlargement of Suez Canal, the challenges posed by the imbalance between shipbuilding capacity and shipping demand”.

Innovation and implementation of new technologies, maritime security and the environmental regulatory framework will also be considered.

“In addition, current trends in ship finance and debt restructuring, new competition requirements and changes in regulations, current trends in marine insurance and liability regulations, recent judicial and arbitration trends decisions contractual and in tort will be discussed and debated,” adds Lauro.

More than 150 participants including shipowners, bankers and other industry leaders, are expected at the event which begins on the morning of 15 October with a finance session in which some of the most active banks and funds involved in the shipping industry will participate.

Thursday evening sees a black tie Gala Dinner hosted in a XVI century Palace which belonged to the scholar and collector Gaetano Filangieri, now a private museum which will reopen after many years for the event.

The Conference itself will be held in a jewel of the Neapolitan architecture, the octagonal chapel of Pio Monte della Misericordia where delegates will be able to admire, among other important works of art, one of the most magnificent masterpieces of the Italian painter Michelangelo Merisi Da Caravaggio’s ‘The Seven Acts of Mercy’.

The event concludes on Friday evening with an informal outdoor reception on the Bay of Naples.
Source: Shipping & The Law (Studio Legale Lauro)

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8 ottobre 2014

Hellenic Shipping News – Shipping and The Law 2014 tackles the challenges of survival and success

Shipping and The Law 2014 tackles the challenges of survival and success

Over the past five years, Shipping and the Law has developed a reputation as Italy’s leading maritime industry conference building a reputation for high quality debate in a friendly and informal atmosphere.

Organized by law firm Studio Legale Lauro, the conference takes place on October 7 and 8 in Naples, home to more than half of Italian tonnage.

Participants include shipowners, as well as leaders from other sectors including bankers, charterers, underwriters and P&I Club managers, leading maritime lawyers and international shipping arbitrators.

A new feature of this year is a pre-conference workshop entitled, Eco-ships: Investing in Technologies, organized in association with the Italian Young Shipowners at Confitarma and ATENA, co-chaired by their presidents Andrea Garolla and Alberto Moroso.

A panel including Scorpio’s Emanuele Lauro, RINA and BV CEOs, Ugo Salerno and Didier Michaud-Daniel and LR’s Apostolos Poulovassilis, will follow technical papers and a paper presented by conference organiser Francesco S. Lauro, on drafting successful Eco-Ship newbuilding and retrofit contracts.

The full-day conference follows on October 8, with a programme including an opening panel session, Global Challenges and Strategic Decisions in the Current Shipping Markets, featuring Co-CEO of Grimaldi Group and President of Confitarma Emanuele Grimaldi, Past President of ECSA John C. Lyras, President of Fincantieri Vincenzo Petrone, Scorpio CEO Emanuele Lauro and Managing Partner of RS Platou Richard Fulford-Smith.

Francesco S. Lauro, who will chair the opening session, said:

“Now more than ever, the industry faces the need to take decisions which could make the difference between survival and success for some players and extinction for others. Successfully addressing changes in technologies, environmental regulations or in the cost of energy, as well as in changing geo-political and economic scenarios, is essential. Nobody can see in the future but all must make their best bet. A lot of capital, some of it from unconventional sources, will be needed by the winners while the losers will destroy much of it. Shipping and the Law will be a great opportunity to hear, from some of the most important players in their respective fields, their opinions on the hottest issues the industry faces today.”

The Ship Finance Session will be co-chaired by Jeffrey Pribor, Head of Maritime Investments at Jefferies, and Paolo d’Amico, CEO of d’Amico di Navigazione and Past President of Confitarma, and will include the participation of representatives from among the major shipping banks, as well as private equity investors and funds.

The Insurance, P&I, H&M Session will be co-chaired by Mauro Iguera, Managing Director of CR Marine & Aviation, and Federico Deodato, Managing Director of PL Ferrari & Co. The CEO of the Norwegian Club, John Wiik, will give a presentation on the subject of ‘Market volatility and innovation in marine insurance’ in addition to papers presented by representatives of the North Of England Club and Swiss-Re.

Finally, the Charterparty, Shipbuilding Contracts and Disputes, and S&P Agreements session will be co-chaired by Francesco Berlingieri, Honorary President of the CMI and Clive Aston, President of the LMAA. In this section, Mans Jacobsson, Former Director of the Oil Pollution Compensation Funds, will give a presentation entitled ‘The Prestige incident – some important court judgements’.

The event includes a Gala Dinner on October 8 which will take place at the aristocratic Circolo Nazionale dell’ Unione, part of the historic Opera House of San Carlo, located in the Royal Palace of Naples. The conference venue locations chosen for 2014 is the Baroque-styled Donnaregina Nuova, located in the heart of Naples and the Palazzo du Mesnil, a historical building overlooking the Bay of Naples.
Source: Studio Legale Lauro