The shipping industry has become an attractive option for equity funds which are increasingly pumping money into shipping companies as well as offshore and supply firms. This is the assessment made by Gorrissen Federspiel, a tradition-rich Danish law firm specialized in shipping. Gorrissen Federspiel represents several equity funds. Partner of Gorrissen Federspiel, Jens V. Mathiasen, says to ShippingWatch that the entry of the equity funds into the shipping industry has indeed become a reality.
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