Clifford Chance advises MSC division on acquisition of Maritime Transport

Global law firm Clifford Chance has advised MEDLOG, shipping company MSC’s global logistics and supply chain division, on the acquisition of Maritime Transport. Maritime provides a range of integrated road and rail freight logistics services, including container transport and storage, domestic distribution and freight management.

The core Clifford Chance team was led by Corporate partner Nick Spurrell, alongside associates Mitchell Paul, Caroline de Chastelain and Hephzibah Adeosun. Specialist support was provided by: partner Ian Painter, senior associate Holly Porter and associate Amye McArthur (Real Estate); partner Nigel Howorth and senior associate Katie Kempthorne (Environment and Planning); partners Andrew Patterson, Alistair Windass, Clare Hoxey and David Saleh, director Vadim Romanoff, senior associates Julian Yew and Portia Wainman, and associate Leon Kidd (Tax/Pensions/Employment/Incentives); and partner Sue Hinchcliffe, counsel Michael Rueter and associate Nhi Nguyen (Antitrust). The lead MEDLOG/MSC lawyer was Kirill Vahonin.