Strategic advice
for complex shipping
and trading decisions
Structure determines outcome
AGW works with owners, traders, lenders, investors and leadership teams when a transaction, structure, exposure or dispute needs clear commercial judgment.
We help clients optimise value and own risk by identifying what may be missed and focus the structures that will deliver.
Senior advisory for complex shipping, freight, oil and LNG trading decisions.
Experience across Oil Major trading and supply networks, P&I, vessel owning, chartering and claims. AGW works where contracts, vessels, cargoes, counterparties and operations meet — with access to a trusted network of specialist expertise where the matter requires it.
When AGW Is What You Need
Decisions rarely sit within a single discipline.
When a commercial decision needs to be considered through a wider lens — crossing legal, operational, financial or market boundaries.
When assessing a transaction, entering a new market, reviewing an exposure, or seeking an independent view before committing capital or management time.
When the role needed is discreet and practical: to clarify the position, test the assumptions and tailor the value/risk balance.
Where AGW Works
For owners, operators, charterers and businesses where value, exposure or strategic decisions require a holistic view incorporating commercial, financial, legal, technical, geopolitical and deep industry experience.
Freight TradingFor businesses seeking to implement or optimise freight, whether as a trading opportunity, cost centre or operational dependency.
Energy TradingFor crude, products and LNG trading businesses where value and risk depends on the interaction of contracts, cargo movement, finance, regulatory requirements, operations and disputes.
Investors & New EntrantsFor financial institutions, investors and businesses that need practical insight into shipping and trading structures before committing capital or entering the market.
Why
Complex chartering, trading and operational structures where value, risk and execution needed to be considered together.
Strategic reviews for businesses assessing market entry, operating models, contractual resilience or supply-chain efficiency.
High-value contentious and pre-contentious matters involving cargo, charterparty, counterparty and operational pressure.
Cross-functional work with legal, commercial, trading, finance, insurance and operational teams.
About
Senior decision-makers in shipping and trading often have lawyers, brokers, operators, insurers and internal teams around them. What is harder to find is independent judgment that connects the whole picture.
AGW provides that judgment: discreet, commercially grounded and informed by decades of direct experience across shipping, freight, energy trading, marine insurance and disputes.
Naama Lebrecht
Director, AGW Maritime Energy Advisory Limited
Naama Kahn, known professionally as Naama Lebrecht, has over twenty years' experience across shipping, freight, oil trading, LNG trading deals, marine insurance and complex disputes.
Her 20+ years experience includes working as senior in-house legal counsel for an oil major with substantial shipping and trading activities, and experience in an International Group P&I Club. Covering complex deals and disputes and all manner of operational challenges.
Admitted as a Solicitor of England and Wales, deep experience and understanding of the structures that underpin these industries informs the quality of commercial advice provided.
What We Do
AGW specialises in the complexities of the Shipping, Freight, Oil and LNG trading industries. The work is shaped around the decision in front of the client, whether in one of these areas or across multiple industries.
Strategic Advisory
For clients deciding whether to enter, restructure, invest, expand or change approach in shipping, freight or energy trading. AGW helps test the commercial logic, risk profile and practical route to execution.
Deal Robustness Checks
AGW gives clients an independent, commercially experienced view before they commit. Without any vested interest and not only a legal lens, but a senior assessment of whether the proposed deal, charter or structure is robust enough to perform as intended in the real world.
Operational Alignment
Review and gap analysis of how contracts, counterparties, cargo movement, vessels, processes and internal teams fit together in practice.
Claims, Crisis & Contentious Preparation
Helping clients prepare for the unpredictable. Testing commercial structures, strengthening continuity and identifying exposure before pressure arises.
AGW works with a select number of clients on a confidential basis. Engagements begin with a conversation.
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