Kutluğ Hocaoğlu Law Firm / Law Partnership provides comprehensive services within its primary area of practice, maritime law, offering the most up-to-date and professional solutions to address the legal needs of the industry. The firm delivers reliable and strategic legal support to clients operating both in Turkey and internationally.
As a firm, we provide comprehensive legal consultancy for all contractual processes related to cargo transportation by sea. We offer effective support to our clients in the preparation, negotiation, and review of charter parties, bills of lading, and other contracts related to cargo transportation, both before and during dispute resolution processes. Regular legal consultancy is provided to shipowners, charterers, freight forwarders, agents, P&I clubs, hull and machinery insurers, cargo owners, and all other industry stakeholders.
Our firm provides solution-oriented services at every stage of the legal process in cases of collisions, salvage, grounding, general average, marine pollution, and similar incidents occurring on vessels. We ensure the effective representation of ship interests, P&I insurers, and crew members.
With years of experience and strong relationships established with governmental institutions such as Port Authorities, the Directorate General of Coastal Safety, and Customs Directorates, our firm provides support at every stage of administrative disputes, including administrative and criminal proceedings, related to marine pollution, environmental fines, and customs penalties.
In addition, we have been effectively and successfully representing our clients on national and international platforms for many years in matters such as the purchase and sale of commercial vessels, registration and/or deregistration, establishment and/or release of mortgages, and securing financing for such vessels.