Client Collaborations
All Representative Cases
Represented multiple marina operators in addressing delinquent moorage accounts and derelict or abandoned vessels.
Advised multiple commercial fishing businesses with respect to acquisitions, sales, chartering, fishing rights transactions, and employment issues.
Represented owner and operator of assisted living facility HUD refinancing.
Represented owners and charterers in negotiations and drafting of time, voyage and demise charters; master services agreements for oil industry vessel employees; and vessel management, manning, and services agreements.
Represented numerous commercial lenders in negotiation and preparation of marine loan documentation.
Representation of foreign investor in acquiring control of U.S. transportation company in compliance with Jones Act U.S. citizenship requirements.
Represented vessel owners and builders in negotiation and drafting of agreements for new construction and repair of commercial vessels and yachts. Representation of vessel owners and shipyards in multiple vessel construction and repair disputes in multiple jurisdictions, including Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and jurisdictions bordering the Gulf of Mexico.
Bilingual (English and Spanish) on-site and virtual training, seminars, webinars, and presentations regarding various employment laws and requirements, including anti-discrimination, anti-harassment, anti-retaliation, and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
Conducted dozens of trainings for employees, managers, and senior executives in both the public and private sectors on labor relations, grievance processing, the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), work rules and employee handbooks, document retention, wage and hour laws and regulations, harassment and discrimination, protected leave under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), among others.