Practice areas
Since its establishment Siccardi Bregante & C. has offered a wide range of shipping law services, both contentious and non-contentious. The experience accrued in this field and the in-depth knowledge of the market allows us to offer Clients, which include shipowners, charterers, shipyards, underwriters, banks or other players, a competent, specialised and dedicated service.
With the aim of constantly addressing any specific new or changed requirements of our Clients through a constant process of study and update, we have expanded our practice to matters related to shipping law, such as air, road and railway transport, logistics, non-marine insurance, industrial certification, national and transboundary insolvency procedures.
THE FIRM
For more than forty years, taking advantage of the continuous and constant updating of our professional knowledge, we have stepped forward as a reference point for all players who – in shipping and related matters – seek quality assistance for the pragmatic solution of their legal needs.
Over time we have strengthened our resources, joining together with the most experienced partners a new generation of lawyers, who have contributed to improve the practice of our Firm not only by their professional knowledge but also bringing new ideas when facing the challenges of a continuously developing market.
21-08-2025
Asymmetric jurisdiction clauses: two recent judgments - Assagenti Newsletter
On the July Assagenti Newsletter, Pietro Campanelli comments on two recent rulings, one issued by the English Commercial Court and one issued by the Court of Justice of the European Union, concerning asymmetric jurisdiction clauses.
International contracts frequently include choice-of-court clauses for the resolution of disputes between the parties. In most cases, these clauses grant the contracting parties equal rights to invoke one or more jurisdictions other than the one or more jurisdictions that would otherwise have jurisdiction under the law applicable to the contract. However, sometimes these clauses may operate differently for the parties to the contract, providing that one party accepts a specific jurisdiction and remains bound by it, while granting the other a more or less extensive freedom to invoke two or more different jurisdictions. These are, in fact, "asymmetric" or "unilateral" jurisdiction clauses.