Fareya Azfar & Araoui LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in the Abu Dhabi Global Market under registration number 000002420.
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Maritime Arbitration
The firm represents owners, charterers, traders and financiers in shipping disputes, principally under LMAA terms in London and before the UAE courts on enforcement.
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Enforcement is where maritime disputes are frequently won or lost. The UAE offers several routes: precautionary attachment and ship arrest onshore, and recognition of foreign awards and judgments through the DIFC and ADGM Courts, which apply common law procedure and can act as a conduit to onshore execution. Choosing between them is a strategic decision taken early, not a procedural afterthought.
Fareya Azfar advised on the enforcement of two English Court orders in the DIFC Courts under the Arbitration Act 1996, in an LMAA-seated matter involving a major shipping company with USD 150.2 million in issue.
Our work covers charterparty and bill of lading claims, demurrage and laytime, cargo damage and shortage, ship sale and purchase disputes, and casualty and salvage matters. We also act on the finance side where a dispute touches a mortgaged vessel.
We regularly act for shipowners, maritime operators and investors in disputes involving charter parties, indemnities, insurance, terminal agreements, tariffs, master service agreements, maritime liens, salvage, general average claims, and bills of lading.
Enforcement is where maritime disputes are frequently won or lost. The UAE offers several routes: precautionary attachment and ship arrest onshore, and recognition of foreign awards and judgments through the DIFC and ADGM Courts, which apply common law procedure and can act as a conduit to onshore execution. Choosing between them is a strategic decision taken early, not a procedural afterthought.
Fareya Azfar advised on the enforcement of two English Court orders in the DIFC Courts under the Arbitration Act 1996, in an LMAA-seated matter involving a major shipping company with USD 150.2 million in issue.
