Shipbuilding & Offshore Construction Projects - Key Legal & Commercial Challenges

Introduction

Shipbuilding and offshore construction projects are among the most complex and high-value transactions in the maritime and energy sectors, requiring specialist legal expertise at every stage.

This new virtual classroom seminar is designed specifically for lawyers and contract specialists working across a wide range of maritime and offshore developments, including:

• Construction of trading vessels, including LNG carriers and other specialist commercial ships
• Passenger ferries, cruise ships and luxury yachts
• Specialist offshore units and support vessels
• Ship conversion and retrofit projects
• Offshore oil and gas infrastructure, as well as renewable energy installations and associated equipment

Gain a clear, practical understanding of the key legal and commercial issues that commonly arise in these projects, helping you to manage risk, negotiate effectively and support successful project delivery.

Register today to strengthen your expertise in this fast-evolving and highly specialised area of practice.

What You Will Learn

The session will cover the following:

• Allocation of design risk and responsibility for approval of drawings
• Procedures governing changes to specifications and technical requirements
• Sea trials process and contractual acceptance framework
• Extensions of time and relief for force majeure events
• Termination rights available to the contracting parties
• Post-delivery warranty obligations and quality assurance provisions
• Refund guarantee arrangements securing repayment of pre-delivery instalments

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.