El Roby Law Firm provides comprehensive, specialised legal services in maritime law, transport, shipping and logistics, serving shipping lines and their agents, stevedoring companies, freight forwarders, logistics and multimodal transport providers, and import and export companies.
Our work in this sector rests on an understanding of the legal and operational nature of maritime transactions and on providing legal support at every stage: from the incorporation and licensing of shipping companies and shipping agencies and registration with the Chamber of Shipping, through advice and the drafting and review of contracts, to managing legal risk while a transaction is performed, and on to resolving maritime disputes or conducting court proceedings where needed.
Legal Support for Maritime Transport and Logistics
Maritime transport and logistics involve many parties, contracts and obligations in every transaction, which calls for legal handling that respects the commercial nature of the business and the speed at which cargo moves.
El Roby Law Firm supports companies operating in this sector, including:
- Incorporating and licensing shipping companies and shipping agencies, and registration with the Chamber of Shipping.
- Legal advice on maritime transport, shipping and logistics activities.
- Representing clients before the competent authorities and bodies.
- Assessing the legal risks and liabilities attached to maritime transactions.
- Legal support for shipping lines and their agents, stevedoring companies, freight forwarders, and import and export companies.
- Handling the official procedures connected with maritime and multimodal transport.
- Preventive advice before, during and after contracting, to limit the legal risks of the transaction.
This support aims to set the legal positions of the parties to a maritime transaction on a sound footing and to address problems that could disrupt the business or give rise to disputes.
Maritime and Logistics Contracts
Commercial maritime contracts are central to organising transport, shipping and logistics operations, given the mutual obligations and liabilities they create between the parties.
Our firm handles:
- Drafting and reviewing contracts and agreements for maritime and logistics activities.
- Drafting and checking marine and multimodal bills of lading.
- Drafting and preparing charter parties.
- Drafting and preparing maritime arbitration agreements.
- Drafting and preparing employment contracts under Labour Law No. 14 of 2025.
- Designing the documentary cycle to suit the maritime working environment.
We study the nature of each transaction and the obligations it contains, and draft them clearly so that they protect the client’s legal interests and reduce the scope for dispute.
Our role is not limited to the form of the contract. It extends to assessing the contractual terms, their legal consequences and the risks that may arise during performance, helping to secure future transactions and to organise the relationship between the parties.
Managing Maritime Cases and Disputes
El Roby Law Firm manages disputes arising from maritime transport, shipping and logistics activities and provides the legal representation each dispute requires.
The service includes examining the facts and documents, establishing the client’s legal position, and then choosing the right course for the dispute, whether by seeking a settlement or by taking the necessary legal action.
Our support also extends to marine insurance and to the transactions and agreements connected with transport and shipping, depending on the nature of each matter.
Amicable Settlement of Maritime Disputes
The firm places particular importance on settling maritime disputes amicably wherever this suits the nature of the dispute and the client’s interests, since a settlement can save time and cost and preserve the existing commercial relationship between the parties.
Settlement starts from an analysis of the causes of the disagreement and the legal positions of the parties, identifying the core points in dispute and looking for practical, legally sound solutions that can be implemented.
Our team’s work in this area includes:
- Identifying and analysing the points of disagreement and the causes of the dispute.
- Engaging with the parties to the dispute and working to bring their positions closer.
- Evaluating the possible legal solutions and alternatives.
- Conducting negotiations aimed at reaching an appropriate settlement.
- Working, where possible, to preserve the commercial relationship so the parties can continue to do business after the dispute ends.
Amicable settlement is not presented as an absolute alternative to litigation, but as one legal route whose merits are assessed against the circumstances of each case and the client’s legal and commercial interests.
Preventive Advice and Reducing Legal Risk
In a sector that depends on fast transactions and many contractual relationships, early legal involvement can be more effective than dealing with a dispute after it arises.
With this in mind, El Roby Law Firm provides preventive legal advice on maritime and logistics transactions, to identify sources of risk and examine legal liabilities before obligations are arranged or while they are being performed.
This advice includes reviewing existing and proposed transactions and contracts, identifying areas of risk, and proposing suitable legal courses to reduce them in line with the nature of the business and the operation under review.
Integrated Legal Support for Maritime Transactions
The firm’s maritime and shipping practice combines legal advice, the drafting and review of contracts and bills of lading, legal representation, dispute management and amicable settlement.
This integration allows a maritime transaction to be handled from the outset, not only once a dispute arises, helping transport, shipping and logistics companies to organise their business and meet the legal challenges of their activity with greater clarity and stability.