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Adv. John Harris established the legal firm of Harris & Co. Maritime law in 1977. The firm is dedicated to the practice of Maritime Law and Admiralty Law including ship-arrests, charterparty disputes, cargo claims, sale and purchase of ships and the financing of ship purchases, arbitration. The firm is also dedicated to Commercial Law and Corporate Law including litigation.

The firm is dedicated to the practice of Maritime Law and Admiralty Law including ship-arrests, charterparty disputes, cargo claims, sale and purchase of ships and the financing of ship purchases, arbitration. The firm is also dedicated to Commercial Law and Corporate Law including litigation.

The firm receives instructions from the foremost shipping and maritime law departments of international law firms and keeps abreast of English and other jurisdictions’ maritime law judgments and publications. In the non-litigation aspect of the practice the firm provides legal advice relating to the various contracts of carriage and attends to matters relating to the sale and purchase of ships and the financing of ship purchases.

Adv. Yoav Harris graduated in 1999 Summa Cum Laude from the law faculty of Haifa University. He was a partner in the Haifa's Doron Tikotzky - Law Firm, where he headed the Litigation Department. In addition to co-operating with adv John Harris in Maritime Law matters. As of 2018 he is the managing partner at Harris & Co. Law firm in co-operation with adv John Harris -the founding partner.

Adv. Yoav Harris contributes articles to the Israeli monthly magazine “The Cargo”; Additional articles of Adv. Harris relating to International Law and Maritime Law were published, by way of introductory – in The Marker magazine “British settlement-can it be”? issue 15 of Shiparrested.com “The Naval Prize Court”; issue 23 “Against the Ship” or “Rooted in Personal liability” The Maritime Lien Vs. The Owners”; Yoav’s articles regarding the Haifa Maritime Court’s authority to act as a Prize Court, were cited both by the Maritime Court and the Supreme Court (Civil Appeal 7307/14) when deciding on the matter of M/V Estelle.

The firm is the editor of the Israeli chapter for “Shipping” both at the shiparrested.com guide of “Shiparrest at Practice” and of Chambers and Partners, and of Legal 500 guides. The Firm is also the author of the Israeli chapter of ICLG to Shipping Law 2019.