Guest speakers will include a number of overseas specialist maritime lawyers from the leading ship building countries of Bulgaria, India, Poland, Russia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and the United States of America, as well as experts from Unicredit Banca D’Impresa who will illustrate the means of payment normally used in the international ship building industry, including the most common forms of bank guarantees used in honouring contractual obligations agreed between Italian commissioners and overseas sub-contracting ship yards.

The various working sessions will be coordinated by lawyers of the Bacciardi & Partners law firm, who will also make presentations on a number of topics specifically relating to international tender contracts, including the taxation and customs issues involved in partially/wholly contracting out vessel building abroad.

All of the seminars will be concentrated into one single day. In the morning session, the lawyers of the Bacciardi & Partners law firm, together with their overseas legal colleagues, will provide the audience with a comparative country by country analysis of the legal and contractual issues connected with:

a) Drafting of international tender contracts;

b) Transfer of construction projects/designs;

c) Supply of main components to be installed on vessels and overseas subcontractor procurement methods;

d) Reservation of property rights on vessels under construction;

e) Payment obligations;

f) Periodic on-site work progress inspections;

g) Sea trials and testing procedures;

h) Times and methods of vessel delivery; and, finally,

i) Guarantee obligations for vessel performance.

The morning session, with a coffee break, will be followed by a working buffet lunch open to all participants. During the afternoon session, managers of the Unicredit Banca D’Impresa, the moderator and the overseas legal specialists will provide the audience with a comparative country by country analysis of the remaining banking, taxation and customs aspects related to the overseas contracting out of ship building.

For further information contact Sarah Helen Baulk by email at sarah@bacciardistudiolegale.it or visit www.bacciardistudiolegale.it orwww.eurojuris.net