Cigolini Law Firm works throughout the year from 08.30 to 19.30 from Monday to Friday, and from 09.30 to 12.00 on Saturday morning. Out of normal office hours the mobile telephone numbers shown above can be used in case of emergency. It accepts instructions, very often with immediate assistance, both directly from clients, generally ship owners, insurers, charterers, ship chandlers, importers or exporters, banks, freight forwarders, ship agents, ship brokers, etc., and as correspondent in Italy for foreign law firms, and it avails in turn of a net of independent correspondents in particular for the recovery of maritime claims through arrest of vessels in Italy and abroad and for the purpose of providing legal assistance to shipping operators at the various Italian ports and generally before all Italian civil Courts and in arbitration. As a rule it applies the lawyers’ official tariff in force in Italy, based on the nature of the services rendered and on the value of the matter, or on clients’ request it applies a tariff based on time spent at a rate per hour to be agreed every time.