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Maritime Transport & Logistics Advisors, LLC
1819 S.E. 17th Street, Suite 1503
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316 |
Phone: (954) 889-MTLA (6852)
Fax: (954) 761-1718
E-mail: info@maritimeadvisors.com
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H. Clayton Cook, Jr. - Counsel
Legal counsel for construction, ownership and financing of U.S. flag vessels, MarAd Title XI and CCF Programs, 12106(e) Jones Act non-citizen owner leasing
Washington, D.C.
E-mail: clay.cook@maritimeadvisors.com
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H. Clayton Cook, Jr. is a Counsel in Seward & Kissel's Corporate Finance Group. Mr. Cook has been engaged in private law practice or U.S. government service since 1960. He joined Seward & Kissel in 2004 to assist the attorneys in the firms Washington D.C. office.
Mr. Cook advises U.S. and foreign clients (financial institutions, shipyards and industrial corporations, private shipowners and ship operators) in the structuring and implementation of transactions involving the construction, ownership and financing of U.S. flag vessels, and in related dealings with U.S. government departments and agencies. During his service as Maritime Administration General Counsel, Mr. Cook was responsible for the drafting of the 1970 Act Capital Construction Fund (CCF) regulations, and the 1972 Act changes to the Title XI program. His client assignments have involved numerous Title XI financings and precedent setting CCF projects. CCF work has included: the programs first use of leveraged lease financing transactions; the first and only U.S. shipyard CCF award; and computer programs to measure CCF benefits in vessel purchases and in leveraged lease financing transactions.
Mr. Cook had represented oil major and other non-citizen interests (including Bowaters citizens and 46 U.S.C. 12106(e) citizens) on Shipping Act of 1916 citizenship issues in the ownership, operation and chartering of U.S. vessels in our coastwise trades and fisheries.
Mr. Cook graduated from Princeton University in 1956. He received his L.L.B. from The University of Virginia in 1960, where he was Executive Editor of the Virginia Law Review and a member of the Raven Society and The Order of the Coif. Mr. Cook commenced practice with Sullivan & Cromwell in 1960. He joined Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz in 1965, where he was elected to the partnership and served as Sun Oil Companys senior tax counsel before becoming General Counsel of the Maritime Administration in 1970. At the completion of his government service, Mr. Cook joined Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft where he was the partner responsible for developing Cadwaladers Washington maritime practice.
Mr. Cook is a Life Member of The American Law Institute, a member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States (Maritime Finance Committee) and a member of the American and District of Columbia Bar Associations.
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