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Helmsman LLC Signs MOU with Ningbo CCPIT

Helmsman LLC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with the Ningbo Council for the Promotion of International Trade (“CCPIT”) to strengthen legal support for cross-border trade.

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  • "Highly knowledgeable and take pragmatic approaches when working on complex matters."


    Legal 500 Asia Pacific
  • "Helmsman delivers as promised and has superb response times."


    Legal 500 Asia Pacific
  • "Helmsman Law Firm combines deep multi-disciplinary expertise with innovative legal technology and flexible client service. The team is approachable, commercially-minded and proactive, making them a trusted choice for complex disputes and business needs."


    Legal 500 Asia Pacific
  • "The team consists of various lawyers who have worked in house before – this makes them user-friendly in terms of understanding the client’s needs, and pricing budgets. Beyond legal knowledge, the team is able to share market trends, which facilitate the client’s negotiation process with counterparties. This is a useful advantage that the firm has over other firms."


    Legal 500 Asia Pacific
  • "The Helmsman team is our trusted counsel for Singapore law matters relating to banking and finance."


    Legal 500 Asia Pacific
  • "The Helmsman team has strong commercial and strategic knowledge, as well as responsive and approachable partners."


    Legal 500 Asia Pacific
  • "The team is outstandingly practical in their approach and advice, working efficiently to produce the best outcome."


    Legal 500 Asia Pacific
  • "Helmsman stands out for its broad capabilities in commercial disputes (led by Una Khng). The team regularly handles cross-border matters and advises a diverse range of clients. Further, Helmsman takes the time to understand its clients' objectives and constraints, which allows them to deliver clear, strategic and commercially practical advice across the different stages of dispute resolution."


    Legal 500 Asia Pacific
  • "The lawyers at Helmsman was very open, presented their opinion(s) very professionally and in our view, was confident and gave us an assurance of understanding on the subject matters."


    Legal 500 Asia Pacific
  • "Helmsman has an agile team with very strong lawyers."


    Chambers Asia Pacific
  • "They have cerebral individuals and they're the most cost-effective around. They're very good."


    Chambers Asia Pacific
  • “They professionally outlined my standing in this case.” 


    Benchmark Litigation
  • “Helmsman LLC - Advocates & Solicitors was able to clearly articulate the client’s viewpoint while supporting it with clever arguments based on the contract, essentially negating the claims of the other party. This has ultimately led to a settlement which highly exceeded the amounts mentioned by the other party prior to terminating the contract.” 


    Benchmark Litigation
  • "Helmsman make complicated issues simple."


    Chambers Asia Pacific
  • “Helmsman acted quickly and provided an excellent and useful memo in particular; I appreciated the proactive approach where we were given advice on specific documents and questions to pursue to gain more understanding of the relevant facts.” 


    Asialaw Profiles
  • "Are available whatever the time is and react super-fast in an efficient manner. Very accurate on their points.  They give us the feeling of having a dedicated lawyers in charge of our matters, which does help a lot when it comes to understanding.”


    Asialaw Profiles
  • "friendly, knowledgeable and positive response time."


    Legal 500 Asia Pacific
  • "The team has key expertise in the maritime field, particularly dealing with complex maritime issues in cross boarder disputes. They are able to decompose challenging matters and come up with simple and clear solutions in a very timely manner."


    Legal 500 Asia Pacific
  • "They are true Singapore law specialists in commodities and shipping. We have not found this depth of experience elsewhere. They also work hard with us on meeting client’s budgets."


    Legal 500 Asia Pacific
  • "...The firm acts for commodity traders, banks and charterers in high-value, cross-border disputes across the globe. The team also has substantial experience in the mid and downstream liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector, particularly in LNG shipping and chartering and LNG trade disputes..."


    Asialaw Leading Lawyers
  • “They provide immediate responses.” “Peerless dedication and commitment to providing the best possible service and legal advice to us. Extremely responsive to follow-ups. Reasonable rates combined with excellent legal advice rendered.”


    Asialaw Leading Lawyers
  • "The team provides professional advice regarding global trades and shipping."


    Legal 500 Asia Pacific
  • "The team was very professional and efficient. They carefully listened to our problem and after careful thoughts and internal discussions, they came out with brilliant solutions."


    Legal 500 Asia Pacific
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