Matthew C. Guy
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Phone: 504.528 .3088
Phone: 504.799.0155 Ext: 212
Fax: 504.586 .3419
909 Poydras Street
Suite 1860
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
Matt primarily handles marine construction, maritime, marine insurance and oil and gas related disputes. Matters include allisions, collisions, casualty investigations, ship arrests, offshore personal injury and death cases under the Jones Act and Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, protection and indemnity, hull, cargo, collision and property claims and insurance related disputes.
He also drafts and advises on offshore service contracts and provides advice on US immigration law.
Matt is originally from London, England and before moving to the United States in 2004 worked for the international law firm Clyde & Co. in London. While at Clyde & Co., he specialized in marine insurance disputes, including hull, P&I, energy and reinsurance, advising on aspects of coverage, indemnity and subrogation rights and general transnational litigation management. He is a non-practicing English Barrister.
Featured Cases
Durley v. Offshore Drilling Co. 288 Fed.Appx. 188 (5th Cir. 2008), Reversal of District Court’s invalidation of seaman’s release
Offshore Drilling Co v. Gulf Copper, 2008 WL 5622543 (S.D. Tex. 2008), Summary judgment on fire damage to rig.
In re Signal International (S.D. MS. 2008), Grant of decree of limitation of liability for vessel allision with bridge.
Jurisdictions Licensed to Practice
England & Wales (Gray’s Inn), 1999 (Non Practicing)
Texas, 2005
Louisiana, 2007
Court Admissions
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. District Court, Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of Louisiana
Education
LLM in Admiralty Law, Tulane University School of Law, 2005
- Maritime Fellow
- Henry Stiles Scholar
- Recipient, Edward M. Dodd Prize in Admiralty Law
- Member, Tulane Maritime Law Journal
- Lord Birkenhead Scholar (Gray’s Inn)
Diploma in Law, The City University, London UK, 1998
- David Karmel Scholar
B.A. / M.A., Modern History, Magdalen College, University of Oxford, 1997
- Exhibitioner Scholar, 1994 – 1997
- President, Oxford Union Society, Michaelmas Term 1995
Professional & Bar Association Memberships
The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn
State Bar of Texas
Louisiana State Bar Association
American Bar Association
Federal Bar Association
Maritime Law Association of the United States
Articles
"In Re Tetra Applied Technologies: The Saving to Suitors Clause vs. The Right to Seek Exoneration in Federal Court: Exoneration is Not The Same as Limitation" Tulane Maritime Law Journal, 29 Tul. Mar. L.J. 503, Summer 2005