Luis Giménez Rodriguez

Associate (Abogado)

Sectors

Luis is an associate in the Madrid office who specialises in shipping, insurance and maritime safety and protection. His expertise in these fields covers contentious and non-contentious insurance claims, yachts, ship arrest, collisions, salvage, transport and logistics.

He also provides advice to maritime insurance companies, shipping lines, shipping yards and sailing charter companies and has experience in court proceedings and arbitration in Spain.

I provide comprehensive advice to clients on a wide range of matters related to shipping law and the maritime sector, offering a pragmatic and commercially focused approach.

Luis Giménez Rodriguez, Associate (Abogado)

He has written articles and papers relating to maritime law and has contributed a chapter about the regulation of PMSCs for a book focusing on maritime security. Luis also lectures at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and Universidad Carlos Tercero de Madrid. Fluent in English and Spanish, Luis has an LLM degree in business and shipping law from the University Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE/IME) and an LLM degree in maritime protection and safety from the Campus Internacional de Seguridad y Defensa/CEU San Pablo.

Recent work highlights

Salvage proceedings

Advising a major shipping company and a P&I club on the salvage proceedings arising from a collision between two vessels in Spanish waters.

Major pollution incident

Assisting a major Spanish salvage and tug company on a large pollution incident.

Maritime insurance

Handling claims and preparing court proceedings on behalf of major international insurance companies.

Sailing charter

Advising sailing charter companies on expanding their business in Spain.

Vessel construction and financing

Providing guidance to a major shipping line in relation to the financing and construction of its new vessels.