Borden Ladner Gervais LLP's shipping law capabilities take in both advisory and contentious aspects, namely the drafting of logistics and warehousing agreements, transactions involving the sale and purchase of ships, permitting mandates, customs and cargo claims, limitation actions and litigation following collisions and spills. The group’s client roster regularly features shipowners, operators, builders, charterers and marine terminal operators. The practice is jointly directed by Montreal-based Jean-Marie Fontaine, who handles a full range of advisory, transactional and contentious shipping matters; Vancouver-based Dionysios Rossi, who routinely represents clients involved in shipping, transportation, environmental and energy-related disputes; and Toronto-based Robin Squires, who has focused his practice on aviation, maritime and land transportation-related litigation.