Conor-Warde

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Overview

Conor Warde is the Head of Ship Finance for Asia at CMS and is based in Hong Kong. He is admitted in Hong Kong, England & Wales, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the US jurisdictions of Maryland and Washington, DC. He has a diverse practice advising clients on transactional, corporate, regulatory and policy matters with particular experience in ship finance, ship sale and purchase, and other maritime transactional matters. He represents companies, commercial lenders, lessors, lessees and investors in international financings, M&A, restructurings and other corporate transactions across multiple industries and involving a broad range of corporate finance and investment issues, including senior and subordinated debt financings, asset-based lending transactions, and private equity investments. Conor also has significant experience in representing owners and operators of vessels and other maritime and offshore interests, primarily with regard to private equity and ship and other asset financing transactions; ship sale and purchase and shipbuilding contracts; international and US-specific regulatory compliance; offshore drilling contracts and regulatory matters; international sanctions regimes; and pollution incident response and criminal prosecutions. Conor has been actively involved as a lawyer in the maritime industry since 2004 and has been based in Asia since 2011. He has spoken and moderated panels at a number of conferences around the world and is an active contributor to various publications and media.

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