Admiralty & Maritime

Mills Black LLP attorneys have decades of experience helping both maritime industry and non-industry clients manage their maritime law issues. We combine strong knowledge of the maritime industry, including vessel operations and shipping transactions, with in-depth knowledge of the national and international maritime laws and regulations that govern vessels and maritime transactions. 

Foremost, we are maritime problem-solvers. We help clients with vessel construction agreements, vessel sale transactions, marine financing and securitization transactions, and regulatory issues with both U.S. and international registries. We assist vessel owners and operators with developing compliance and management systems, conducting internal audits and investigations, and responding to incidents including collisions, injuries, commercial disputes, and alleged criminal matters. Our lawyers have represented companies and individuals in major U.S. and international civil and criminal pollution investigations. 

We have extensive maritime arbitration and litigation experience and have litigated a number of groundbreaking trials. We also help clients with maritime shipping transactions and issues, including commercial arrangements, in-transit inventory lending matters, and Shipping Act issues. Our experience, breadth of knowledge, and practical, client-based approach has led some of the best law firms in the country to rely on us as special maritime counsel on major transactions and in maritime-related bankruptcies, foreclosures, and workouts. We are at home serving publicly-traded corporations as well as small entities and individual vessel operators to resolve their maritime issues.