US court upholds Gourdomichalis corporate veil in Adamastos action
A US court has rejected an attempt to pierce the corporate veil to enforce a London arbitration award in favor of a third party, in a case involving the vessel at the centre of the current Munich Re conspiracy action against the Gourdomichalis brothers and P&I insurer the American Club
‘This result is an important statement that US courts will not hold shipowners responsible for liabilities incurred by entirely separate corporate entities’ — Seward & Kissel partner Bruce Paulsen