John E. Bradley
Shareholder
1633 Broadway 31st Floor New York, New York 10019
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John E. Bradley
Shareholder
John E. Bradley is a Shareholder at Vedder Price and a member of the Global Transportation Finance team, concentrating his practice in the areas of commercial and maritime law, marine finance, shipping regulation, and international trade compliance.
Mr. Bradley represents lenders, borrowers, ship owners, container lessors, marine terminal operators and family offices in the acquisition, disposition, management, leasing, financing and documentation of vessels, containers, terminal facilities, and other marine assets and properties. He has particular experience handling marine terminal and port projects, including the leasing, financing, structuring and development of marine terminal properties and concessions. He regularly advises regulated entities, such as vessel owners, coastwise operators, and marine terminal operators, on legislative and regulatory matters applicable to them, including laws administered and enforced by the Federal Maritime Commission, the U.S. Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection.
Mr. Bradley also represents financial institutions, leasing companies and maritime lienors in mortgage foreclosure, vessel arrest and collateral recovery proceedings throughout the United States and has extensive international experience in the enforcement of security interests in vessels and other forms of marine collateral. He has been advising and representing the interests of secured creditors and lessors in numerous international shipping bankruptcies for nearly 30 years. He has lectured extensively on maritime remedies and bankruptcies and is the author of the “Maritime Lien Arrests” chapter in Moore’s Federal Practice, 3rd Edition, Volume 29. He is the former Chairman of the U.S. Maritime Law Association’s Committee on Maritime Bankruptcy and Insolvency.
Mr. Bradley regularly advises clients on matters involving economic sanctions, export controls, embargoes, anti-money laundering and anti-corruption laws, and blocking statutes, relating to the cross-border sale, lease, charter and financing of transportation assets, including ships, containers, aircraft and jet engines. He has reviewed and prepared corporate manuals, voluntary disclosures, and transaction documents relating to trade compliance and related enforcement matters. He has sought and obtained regulatory licenses and advisory rulings, has counseled clients on risk-based due diligence and compliance programs, and has successfully petitioned for the return of assets seized by the government. He has counseled the government on the seizure of vessels based upon violations of U.S. sanctions regimes.
Mr. Bradley was recognized as a Leading Lawyer from 2018 to 2023 by The Legal 500 United States in the Transport: Shipping—Finance category. From 2020 to 2023 Chambers USA Nationwide, ranked him in Band 3 in the Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Finance category. He was selected for inclusion from 2007 to 2012 and from 2014 to 2022 in New York Super Lawyers and selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America from 2007 to 2024 in the field of Admiralty and Maritime Law. In 2015, 2018 and 2022, Mr. Bradley was ranked by Who’s Who in the category of Legal Transport: Shipping. Mr. Bradley is also an AV Preeminent™ rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell.
John E. Bradley
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Education
- Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 1979
- Fordham University, B.A., 1975
John E. Bradley
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Bar Admissions
- New York, 1980
- New Jersey, 1986
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1980
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1980
- U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1986
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York, 1998
Affiliations
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Member, Section of International Law, American Bar Association
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Member, Committee on Export Controls and Economic Sanctions
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Member, Maritime Law Association of the United States
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Member, Committee on Stevedores, Marine Terminals and Vessel Services
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Member, New York City Bar Association
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Member, Committee on Admiralty
John E. Bradley
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Publications
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December 9, 2022 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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November 17, 2022 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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November 17, 2022 | Article
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September 13, 2022 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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April 21, 2022 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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April 21, 2022 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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March 2, 2022 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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January 13, 2022 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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January 13, 2022 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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August 11, 2021 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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August 11, 2021 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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April 12, 2021 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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April 12, 2021 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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March 17, 2021 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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September 30, 2020 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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December 19, 2019 | Article
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December 19, 2019 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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July 2016 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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February 2016 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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December 2014 | Article
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John E. Bradley
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News
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August 17, 2023 | Press Release
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June 12, 2023 | Press Release
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June 1, 2023 | Press Release
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August 18, 2022 | Press Release
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June 10, 2022 | Press Release
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June 1, 2022 | Press Release
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August 19, 2021 | Press Release
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June 17, 2021 | Press Release
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May 21, 2021 | Press Release
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August 21, 2020 | Press Release
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June 12, 2020 | Press Release
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April 23, 2020 | Press Release
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August 9, 2019 | Press Release
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June 5, 2018 | Press Release
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August 14, 2015 | Press Release
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July 2014 | Press Release
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July 2013 | Press Release
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July 2012 | Press Release
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July 2011 | Press Release
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October 2009 | Press Release
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Past Events
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March 20, 2023 | Seminar
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November 17, 2022 |
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September 21, 2022 | Seminar
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November 18, 2021 | Seminar
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November 14, 2017 | Seminar
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October 17, 2017 | Seminar
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October 11, 2016 | Seminar
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September 13, 2016 | Seminar
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December 7-9, 2015 | Seminar
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October 14, 2015 | Seminar
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October 15, 2014 | Seminar
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October 16, 2013 | Seminar
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November 15, 2012 | Seminar
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July 12, 2011 | Webinar