The day after Thanksgiving, James Christodoulou found himself in an impossible situation. The CEO of Stamford, Conn.-based Industrial Shipping Enterprises had just received word that a band of Somali pirates had boarded and hijacked one of his tankers -- the Liberian-flagged MV Biscaglia -- in the Gulf of Aden. Christodoulou turned to his company's longtime outside counsel at Seward & Kissel for assistance in rescuing the ship's 28-man crew and putting company investors at ease.
February 10, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
It was the day after Thanksgiving and James Christodoulou found himself in an impossible situation.
The CEO of Stamford, Conn.-based Industrial Shipping Enterprises (ISE) had just received word that a band of Somali pirates had boarded and hijacked one of his tankers — the Liberian-flagged MV Biscaglia — in the Gulf of Aden.
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