Holman Fenwick & Willan
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| Holman Fenwick & Willan | |
| Headquarters | London |
|---|---|
| No. of Offices | 9 |
| No. of Attorneys | 300+ |
| Major Practice Areas | Admiralty & Dry shipping law, Aviation, Insurance/Re-Insurance, Trade & Energy, Corporate, Projects & Finance, Commercial Litigation |
| Date Founded | 1883 |
| Company Type | Partnership |
| Website | hfw.com |
Holman Fenwick & Willan is a law firm based in the City of London, specialising in all aspects of international commerce. It now has 9 offices, based in international commerce hubs around the world, acting for a wide range of clients: from shipping firms, through insurers and investment banks, to large corporates.
The firm has experience in responding to major shipping disasters, including the MSC Napoli in 2007.
Considered to be world's leading firm for shipping, it won the Chambers and Partners Global Shipping Firm of the Year award in 2006.[1] The firm also won Lloyd's List's Shipping Law Firm of the Year for 2008, at a recent awards ceremony in London.
According to The Lawyer magazine, in 2007 Holman Fenwick & Willan was the 37th biggest law firm in the UK with turnover of £68.3m.[2]
The firm was founded in 1883 and today the company's principal offices are in London, Paris, Rouen, Piraeus, Dubai, Brussels, Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, and Melbourne, employing more than 550 staff and partners. The firm has expanded internationally in the last few years, opening in Australia, Dubai, Belgium and China.
Among the higher profile cases the firm has acted on is its successful representation of Brandywine Reinsurance in a 2005 action arising out of the famous 1989 Exxon Valdez oil-slick disaster.[3]
Richard Crump is Senior Partner.
[edit] References
- ^ List of Chambers and Partners 2006 Award Winners on the Chambers and Partners site
- ^ The Lawyer Top 100, 2006
- ^ The Lawyer news report on the Brandywine & Exxon case, 21 March 2005
