Bell, Ryniker, Letourneau

Transaction Services

Bell, Ryniker & Letourneau assists its corporate clients with transactional and regulatory counseling. The firm’s admiralty and maritime transaction expertise includes the drafting, negotiation and interpretation of marine contracts, including towage, salvage, offshore construction and installation, vessel and rig purchase and sale agreements, charters, drilling contracts and vessel joint ventures. The firm is particularly adept at evaluating the pros and cons of indemnity obligations and statutory requirements affecting such provisions, and crafting language most favorable to our clients. The firm provides advice to its maritime clients concerning the application and interpretation of federal marine safety regulations, and marine and energy insurance coverage and market issues. The firm’s attorneys have represented numerous banks and owners in the financing and mortgaging of vessels, and have been involved in a number of fleet refinancings and reorganizations.

The firm’s international client base is a result of the nature of the maritime work, which has traditionally been a concentration of the firm’s attorneys. The firm represents its clients in international transactions (both incoming and outgoing investments), including the sale and acquisition of vessels engaged in international commerce. The firm’s attorneys have been involved with mergers and acquisitions between domestic and foreign corporations and international joint ventures.

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5847 San Felipe, Suite 4600, Houston, Texas 77057
713-871-8822 | Fax: 713-871-8844