Insurance & transport

Transport Law

For more than two decades, DS-HLF has been one of the few Moroccan law firms with a high level of academic and practical competence in insurance and transport law, enabling it to master all issues relating to transport, maritime, air and land law, logistics and related activities.

 

It has become the key reference for the major players in the insurance market, and transport and logistics operators, and intervenes, in particular, on the following aspects:

TRANSPORT REGULATIONS

  • National and international transport regulations (air, maritime and land);
  • Incoterms;
  • Administrative rules with regard to international transport;
  • Seafarers’ regulations;
  • Carriers and shippers liability.

TRANSPORT AND RELATED CONTRACTS, IN MOROCCAN AND INTERNATIONAL LAW

  • Standard contracts;
  • Road transport (CMR);
  • Air transport;
  • Maritime transport;
  • Contracts of affreightment ;
  • Freight forwarding agreements;
  • Warehousing contracts.

LOGISTICS CONTRACTS

  • Contracts for the use & management of logistics platforms;
  • Logistics services contracts (1PL; 2PL; 3PL; 4PL);
  • Supply chain management.

TRANSPORT LITIGATION

Our lawyers are qualified to represent and defend the interests of their clients before all Moroccan courts, as well as before the different arbitration institutions (London Court of International Arbitration; ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris; Centre de Conciliation, d’Arbitrage et d’Expertise (CCAE) of the Franco-Arab Chamber of Commerce in Paris).

Insurance Law

INSURANCE AUDITS

  • Coverage analysis;
  • Monitoring and analysis of claims management files;
  • Identification of optimisation opportunities for the management costs of the insurance portfolio.

CREDIT INSURANCE

  • Recovery of claims in the context of subrogatory actions;
  • Protective measures;
  • Asset searches.

CIVIL LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

  • Governance systems audit and identification of Directors’ civil liability risks;
  • Assistance in the implementation of appropriate Directors and Officers liability insurance.

INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL RISK INSURANCE

  • Diagnosis of the company’s risks;
  • Legal and regulatory compliance audit and implementation of compliance programmes;
  • Claims management.

TRANSPORT INSURANCE

  • Liability insurance and ad valorem insurance;
  • Recourse on behalf of insured persons and subrogated recourse against liable third parties;
  • Recourse between successive carriers.