About me
I’m a solicitor and master mariner with over 25 years’ experience in the maritime industry.
My areas of expertise include casualties, collisions, general average, salvage and shipping disputes. I’m known for my ability to handle all aspects of crisis management and on-scene casualty response, having supported clients with various incidents such as groundings, fires and total losses.
I work with shipowners, P&I clubs and insurers. I work with clients across Asia and Europe and I’ve acted for clients in a number of high-profile and large-scale casualties.
Proactive by nature, my approach is strategic and collaborative. I offer true end-to-end service, providing the insight, guidance and expertise to secure effective resolutions as rapidly as possible.
Combining sea-going and legal experience, with a background in both technical management and commercial roles, I’m highly familiar with the world my clients live and the challenges they face. This proves invaluable, ensuring that whatever issues clients face, I can be there to support.
My experience
- Works with a number of large containership owners and operators.
- Instructed on a number of large-scale casualties, including fires, groundings and total losses.
- Advised owners of a general cargo ship following a fire and subsequent sinking.
- Advised the time charterers of a container vessel following a fire on board.
- Provided on-scene response and crisis management services to owners and liability of insurers following the grounding and subsequent loss of a large bulk carrier.
- Member of the Institute of Chartered shipbrokers and associate of the Association of Average Adjusters.