Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) is pleased to announce that maritime expert Amelia Reffold has joined the firm as Counsel in the London office. She was previously a Senior Lawyer at Schjødt LLP.
Amelia has expertise in both maritime and asset and structured finance law as well as in the energy and offshore sectors. She advises on a wide variety of commercial transactions involving vessel construction, operation and financing matters (including in relation to FPSOs, FSRUs and other offshore units), the drafting and negotiation of offshore construction, engineering and installation agreements, bareboat charters and ship management agreements, and cross-border restructurings.
London Maritime Partner Joe McGladdery commented: “I am delighted to welcome Amelia to the team. Her expertise and wonderful skillset will be of great value and will significantly enhance our maritime and asset finance offering – in particular in the offshore and LNG sectors”.
Amelia added: “I am excited to be joining WFW and look forward to growing my practice and working alongside some of the industry’s leading maritime lawyers”.