Practice Areas

N&B represents clients in litigation, trials and appeals in state and federal courts, arbitration, casualty investigation and administrative hearings, contract negotiation, dispute avoidance and resolution, and regulatory compliance in many areas of the law, including:

  • General international practice
  • International trade and commodities litigation and arbitration, including issues of sales contract formation, performance and termination, quality/quantity claims and letter of credit disputes
  • Charter party disputes, including problems of formation, performance, termination, demurrage, safe berths or ports, and cargo loss or damage
  • Marine casualties, including groundings, strandings, collisions, explosions, fires, sinkings, salvage and general average 
  • Bills of lading and contracts of affreightment, including problems of drafting, detention of goods in transit, freight collection, cargo damage and loss, service contracts, service arrangements and regulatory issues
  • Vessel brokerage and agency disputes
  • General commercial litigation and arbitration
  • Energy trading transactions and litigation
  • Maritime personal injury and death claims
  • Environmental litigation
  • On-site spill investigation and advice
  • Negotiation of administrative penalties and natural resource damage assessments
  • Resolution of disputes between insurers, insureds, reinsurers and brokers
  • Resolution of insurance coverage disputes under a wide range of policies
  • Inland transport, including rail and motor vehicle carriage under multimodal contracts
  • Tugs and towage
  • Due diligence aspects of corporate mergers and acquisitions
  • Bankruptcy
  • Product liability claims
  • Sale and purchase of goods


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The attorneys of Nourse and Bowles, LLP assist clients with arbitration, mediation, and litigation covering various areas of the law affecting international commerce including public and private international law, shipping law, insurance law, commodities law, environmental law and commercial law. Nourse & Bowles, LLP has offices in New York and New Jersey and maintains business relationships throughout the world including countries within the European Union, Asia, Latin America, South America and Canada.