LSC consists of qualified professionals, who have gained experience through training courses and professional seminaries, also abroad. Furthermore, the specialists of the law department of transport and navigation are constantly perfecting their skills by attending refresher courses on the latest issues.
The LSC lawyers and legal professionals have developed an integrated and transversal approach, in order to adequately assist primary air and sea transport companies, port terminal operators and airport concessionaires, shipyards, insurers, banks and holding companies, both domestic and international, in many areas of application of transport and navigation law.
The LSC professionals provide timely assistance and qualified and efficient advice, in order to respond quickly and positively to the needs of clients.
The synergistic collaboration with other groups, which also have significant experience in similar operations, both on the domestic market, and on the European and international market, or on the other hand highly specialized expertise, allows the development of the LSC’s lawyers and legal professionals’ skills, promoting continuous improvement.
Specifically, with regard to the matter of transport law, LSC is responsible for solving problems concerning the liability of the carrier and logistics operator, cargo damage, the tariff dispute, the contracts relating to the use of means of transportation, the organization of the logistics and the provision of related services, therefore is assisting the industry operators, as well as the main consumers and their insurers.
LSC provides counseling and legal assistance concerning the carrier’s liability in multimodal freight transport, be it by air, sea and land, both at national and international level, to the various parties involved in the transport chain, such as logistics operators, consignors, shippers, consignees, carriers and auxiliary transport in general.
LSC, with particular reference to the risks of the transport of goods, also offers counseling and legal assistance in the management phase of damages and the related insurance matters.
LSC also deals with the drafting of logistics and trucking contracts.
Concerning, however, navigation law and rights, it is necessary to distinguish air navigation from sea navigation.
The aviation and air navigation industry, quite recently from a regulatory standpoint, professionally assists airlines and airport operators in litigation and especially in advisory activities (ongoing or occasional).
The sea navigation industry, on the other hand, deals with the routine and specific disputes concerning cargo damage, insurance of the ship and cargo, salvage, general-damage, port activities and terminal operators. It features among its clients shipping companies, port operators, manufacturing companies and distribution relevant to maritime and multimodal transport, as well as insurance companies operating in the sectors of bodies and goods.
The counseling and legal assistance activities offered by the LSC professionals as part of the transport and navigation law department includes the following activities, both in and out of court:
- construction, concession and management of port terminals, tourist ports and airport infrastructure;
- transport of passengers and goods by sea, by air and by road;
- naval aviation and naval funding, both for new construction and for the purchase of used units;
- administrative regimes, the ownership and use of means of transport contracts;
- ships, aircrafts, yachts and superyachts in all their life stages and exercise, from the construction, to the everyday use, to the final demolition;
- maritime and aerial work;
- RC insurance and damage of vehicles, passengers and cargo.
The LSC imperatives in the management of its clients’ legal practices are:
- accuracy, timeliness, compliance with the required legal protocols;
- constant and direct communication with the clients;
- targeted and timely negotiations in order to achieve the most benefit, strategic and economic, for the client;
- flexibility in case management in order to meet any specific need concerning information, management and administration of the assisted company.