Biography
Tony Salgado has extensive experience in international business and maritime transactions, corporate governance, and finance matters. Tony assists clients in negotiating and structuring transactions under U.S. and foreign laws in maritime and non-maritime contexts, such as:
- Vessel secured financings
- Vessel lease financings
- Title XI loan guarantee financings
- Shipbuilding contracts
- Ship purchases and sales
- Bareboat charters, time charters and other vessel charters and management agreements
- Maritime bankruptcies and restructurings
- Coast Guard and Maritime Administration regulatory issues, including Jones Act citizenship issues, American Fisheries Act citizenship issues, and vessel foreign transfer approvals
- Corporate governance and structure issues for domestic and foreign companies, including the major offshore jurisdictions
- Project financing transactions for newbuild vessels
- Cross-border transactions
During law school, Tony was a senior editor on the Virginia Journal of International Law. After law school, he served as law clerk to the Honorable Randy J. Holland, Supreme Court of Delaware.
News & Views
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Speaking Engagement
Jones Act
2024 Capital Link New York Maritime Forum -
Newsletter
MAINBRACE: October 2024
William R. Bennett III, Thomas H. Belknap Jr., Kierstan L. Carlson, Jeanne M. Grasso, Alan G. Kashdan, Keith B. Letourneau
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Ranking
Blank Rome Attorneys Recognized in 2025 Best Lawyers in America®
Seth D. Lamden, Barry Abrams, Kevin J. Baum, Matthew A. Homyk, Regina Stango Kelbon, Christopher A. Lewis
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Ranking
Blank Rome Attorneys and Practices Highly Ranked in The Legal 500 United States 2024
Scott Arnold, Justin A. Chiarodo, Dominique L. Casimir, Elizabeth N. Jochum, Luke W. Meier, Robyn N. Burrows
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Ranking
Chambers USA 2024 Recognizes Blank Rome Attorneys and Practices
Kevin J. Baum, Anthony R. Callobre, Lawrence F. Flick II, Michael C. Graziano, Bruce R. Lesser, Cassandra G. Mott
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Newsletter
MAINBRACE: March 2024
Thomas H. Belknap Jr., William R. Bennett III, Kierstan L. Carlson, Jeanne M. Grasso, Keith B. Letourneau, Gregory F. Linsin
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Article
Summary of Impact of the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships
MAINBRACE: March 2024 -
Ranking
Blank Rome Attorneys and Practices Highly Ranked in The Legal 500 United States 2023
Linda Kornfeld, Jared Zola, Jonathan K. Waldron, William R. Bennett III, Scott Arnold, Justin A. Chiarodo
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Ranking
Chambers USA 2023 Recognizes Blank Rome Attorneys and Practices
Kevin J. Baum, Anthony R. Callobre, Lawrence F. Flick II, Michael C. Graziano, Bruce R. Lesser, Cassandra G. Mott
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Event
Offshore Wind Seminar: Today’s Legal Challenges and Tomorrow’s Prospects
William R. Bennett III, Thomas H. Belknap Jr., Keith B. Letourneau, Dana S. Merkel, R. Anthony Salgado, Douglas J. Shoemaker
Recognitions
- 2025?, Admiralty and Maritime Law in Washington, D.C., listed in Best Lawyers in America©
- 2020–2024, Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Finance Law, listed in Chambers USA
- 2018–2024, listed in The Legal 500 United States
- 2022–2024, Hall of Fame: Transport: Shipping - Finance, listed in The Legal 500 United States
- 2018–2021, “Leading Lawyer,” listed in The Legal 500’s Guide to Outstanding Lawyers Nationwide
Credentials
Admissions
- District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court - District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court - Eastern District of Virginia
- United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- Virginia
Education
- University of Virginia, BA, with distinction
- University of Virginia School of Law, JD
- German
