Christopher Ulfers, a partner in the Maritime Practice Group in the New Orleans office, moderated the "Dealmaking in the Jones Act & US Flag" panel at the 2025 Marine Money Ship Finance Forum NYC in New York, New York on November 20, 2025. Panelists discussed the Capex Conundrum and joint ventures with non-US owners. The forum is an annual one-day conference devoted to facilitating relationships and bringing together the global leaders driving ship finance to share what they are seeing in today's market and discuss their plans for lending, borrowing, investing, buying, and selling.