Max Lemanski
Managing Partner (London)
Max Lemanski is the Managing Partner of the London office. He is a market-leading shipping and offshore energy lawyer with over 20 years' experience, focussing on shipping, shipbuilding, offshore energy and superyacht matters. He also has expertise in general commercial litigation and international arbitration.
Max’s experience includes litigation and arbitral disputes in the English courts, the ECJ, the LMAA, the LCIA and the ICC.
His non-contentious work includes negotiation of shipbuilding contracts and refund guarantees, and specialist offshore contracts such as EPC contracts and O&M agreements. He has worked on dozens of offshore energy projects all over the world and is the co-author of the two leading legal texts for FPSOs and FLNG. He is also an expert in offshore wind and decarbonisation.
In superyachts, Max regularly advises on high value, high profile disputes arising out construction and refurbishment disputes, as well as chartering issues.
‘Max Lemanski is first rate. Knowledgeable, commercial, sensible and very easy to work with.Max Lemanski is first rate. Knowledgeable, commercial, sensible and very easy to work with’
‘Max Lemanski is very clear in his advice and very user friendly. He grasps the technical issues quickly and is able to translate those into clear and concise advice. He is very approachable and a pleasure to deal with.’
- Clients, Legal 500
‘Max is very commercial, extremely intelligent and very user-friendly. He is a known entity for all the right reasons. He is a very commercially astute, focused and resourceful relationship partner. He is not afraid to roll up his sleeves.’