Vincent is a shipping and energy expert handling a wide range of transactions including asset and project finance, leasing, restructuring, sale and purchase, construction, joint venture and private equity. He represents banks, leasing companies and other financial institutions on a range of transactions and also advises investors, shipowners and shipbuilder. His recent work includes assisting banks to provide long-term dollar loans to borrower for the acquisition of several large containerships and leasing to world’s leading liner company; assisting a leasing company to finance and lease several chemical vessels to American operation shipowner; assisting global leading liquefied gas transportation shipowner to purchase several liquefied ethylene vessels; assisting investment institutions for the establishment of parallel investment structure and equity investment in Cayman and in China; assisting a leasing company to set up joint venture with an European operation company to acquire two semi-submersible life platforms, arranging financial leasing and lease to a national oil company.
For contentious shipping matters, her expertise extends to charterparty, cargo defence, shipbuilding, bunkering and ship financing disputes. She is instructed on a regular basis by international group P&I Clubs and shipowners and charterers in Hong Kong, Taiwan and the PRC. She is very experienced with obtaining pre-action security. The disputes are then resolved by LMAA, HKIAC, ICC, SIAC or ad hoc arbitrations or litigation in the English or Hong Kong courts.
Due to the state of the shipping market since 2008, as part of her practice, Evangeline is regularly instructed in matters arising from and relating to Hong Kong insolvency proceedings, Japanese rehabilitation proceedings and Korean rehabilitation proceedings.
Part of Evangeline’s practice is also focused on providing non-contentious advice to shipowners and operators. She negotiates and drafts both standard form and custom commercial and shipping agreements for her clients.
Evangeline is qualified in England and Wales and Hong Kong. She is native in English, speaks fluent Chinese and conversational Cantonese.
Office Lead Partner
Stephenson Harwood LLP
Vincent is a shipping and energy expert handling a wide range of transactions including asset and project finance, leasing, restructuring, sale and purchase, construction, joint venture and private equity. He represents banks, leasing companies and other financial institutions on a range of transactions and also advises investors, shipowners and shipbuilder. His recent work includes assisting banks to provide long-term dollar loans to borrower for the acquisition of several large containerships and leasing to world’s leading liner company; assisting a leasing company to finance and lease several chemical vessels to American operation shipowner; assisting global leading liquefied gas transportation shipowner to purchase several liquefied ethylene vessels; assisting investment institutions for the establishment of parallel investment structure and equity investment in Cayman and in China; assisting a leasing company to set up joint venture with an European operation company to acquire two semi-submersible life platforms, arranging financial leasing and lease to a national oil company