The Law is Your Partner,

Sturzenegger & Co is Your Advantage

What are you looking for in a lawyer?

Approachability We welcome an easy and direct communication flow so that you have access to advice as and when you need it. Responsiveness We appreciate your needs and respond fast with appropriate solutions to support you. Expertise With over 30 years’ experience in a variety of specialised sectors, our skills naturally lend themselves to finding the solutions you need. Cost effectiveness Delivering fast results to help protect your interests and develop your business helps you to keep costs down.
At Sturzenegger & Co. We work swiftly and efficiently to resolve your legal and demurrage disputes as well as meeting your corporate law needs, with your interests being our priority.

Our accessible knowledge enables you to steer a steady course.

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Our Approachability is central to the service we provide you

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We know that we can only provide you with the service you need if we are easily available when you need us. Working In direct contact with you in order to understand your objectives and provide the optimum solution, whether in relation to shipping and trading, corporate law or international arbitration Your questions are always welcome. Feedback flowing in both directions enables us to assist you in the way you choose - whether to resolve issues completely on your behalf - or to support you in making the right decision yourself.

Our Key Areas of Expertise

  • International maritime sector
  • Commodity trading in the oil, gas and dry-bulk industry
  • Creative solutions for dispute resolution
  • Common law and civil law, particularly English law

With immediate and comprehensive advice, your business perspectives remain clear.

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Our Responsiveness is Your Efficiency

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We provide time effective, critical sound and accurate legal services that are tailored to your needs. We have established a trusted network in numerous jurisdictions which enables a quick response even with cross-border issues.

Our Activities

  • Dry and wet shipping -  including admiralty and maritime disputes, ship management and charterparty issues
  • International trade and commercial contract disputes - including jurisdictional considerations, strategic implications and solutions
  • Corporate advice - including structure, partnership/joint venture arrangements and security
  • Ship-sale and financing - including documentation and registration
  • Training, project management and supervision
  • Demurrage claim management and consultancy

Our global contacts and understanding of your requirements support your fleet operations

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Our Expertise is Your Security

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Based in Geneva, we are unique in our approach to providing specialist legal advice and claims handling.  

We deal in facts, not in grey areas. Commercial realities often require an unconventional or creative solution and we always look at what is possible and how it can be achieved.

Drawing on over 30 years' of experience, our skills are well tuned to finding the right solution and advising how best to achieve it.

'It is absolutely right, or it does not exist’. - Marc Sturzenegger

Practice Areas

  • Shipping and trading
  • International arbitration and dispute resolution
  • Commercial law
  • Corporate law

Legal

Our lawyers Marc Sturzenegger and Jennifer Gliddon share between them decades of legal expertise.

Used to dealing in multiple jurisdictions, we can quickly guide you through the intricacies of procedural difficulties which can sometimes arise.

Admitted to practice before Australian, English, Welsh courts, we appraise your claim, negotiate terms, instruct local lawyers and represent you in international arbitration and before national courts.

Aided by our paralegal, Andrea Tabet, we remain operational and direct about issues and your options, including the potential risks and rewards of each.

Demurrage

Arturs Evele forms our dedicated and experienced demurrage claim processing department.

Tailoring our services to your needs, we collect and verify data and documentation, calculate laytime and provide consultancy and contract or charterparty review.

By outsourcing your demurrage claims management to us, you not only have access to our skilled expertise making it possible to recover your demurrage sooner, but your employees can also stay focused on your core business, improving your overall efficiency.

We also offer bespoke training courses on laytime and demurrage, either in our office or at your premises.

Demurrage
Department Presentation

Why outsourcing your demurrage and claims desk is beneficial for your business

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Legal
SPV Sam Dragon v GE Transportation Finance (Ireland) Ltd [2012]

Case Study by Marc Sturzenegger in relation to the purchase of the Handymax bulkcarrier M/V « Pretty Flourish » in the 2012 Proceedings before the High Court in Ireland.

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EOSL v Norscot Rig Management Pvt Ltd [2016]

Article by Matthew Amey, Director at TheJudge and Marc Sturzenegger on the landmark decision by the High Court on third-party litigation funding.

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TLC v Schlumberger Seaco Inc [2009]

High Court QBD Commercial Court Judgment order ______

We provide you with tailored advice to enable you to manoeuvre your business safely.

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Our Cost Effectiveness is Your Asset

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Contact us to help protect your business interests. We are dedicated on protecting those interests and providing you with the result you want. We aim to ensure that costs are only incurred where they contribute to the solution and add value towards a conclusion. Any costs that we incur are our investment in both you, our client, and your case, and we prefer to view them as our contribution to your case rather than a burden. We are transparent both in time and activities required. We can provide estimates, or work to a budget, depending on your desired outcome.

Clear communications lead to smooth sailing.

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Our Partners are Your Partners

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We understand that the timing of events may not always be ideal, and litigation and arbitration proceedings can be costly affairs, sometimes preventing you from taking immediate action and placing you under a financial burden. Our Partner company, Concordia Finance Ltd, can provide tailored solutions to your financial situation and necessities whether it be for litigation financing, arbitral proceedings or other project funding.

Navigating together, to move your business forward.

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Our Combined Experience is at Your Service

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Legal Team

Marc Sturzenegger

Managing Director

+41 22 365 66 20 mns[at]sturzenegger-co.ch
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Jennifer Gliddon

Lawyer

+41 22 365 66 28 jgl[at]sturzenegger-co.ch
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Andrea Tabet

Paralegal

+41 22 365 66 29 ata[at]sturzenegger-co.ch

We look forward to setting sail with you.

Demurrage

Arturs Evele

Head of Demurrage

+41 22 365 66 23 demurrage[at]sturzenegger-co.ch
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