About me
I help clients navigate and resolve conflicts in a way that best serves their interests.
I work with clients on a global scale in both international arbitration and the English courts. I represent include shipowners, charterers, salvors, P&I clubs, brokers, shippers, receivers, carriers, NVOCCs, freight forwards and insurers.
My practice focuses on shipping related disputes, helping clients settle, pursue and defend claims relating to charterparties, bills of lading, MOAs, salvage contracts and contracts of affreightment.
The client’s commercial objectives are always front of mind for me. The advice I provide is pragmatic and strategic, offering clients a clear route through which to bring their ambitions to life. There’s nothing more fulfilling than providing support which helps a client achieve their goals.
Clients describe me as calm, reliable and effective. I have an analytical mindset, along with a talent for making forward thinking decisions, shaped by all the factors at play. This gives me the ability to think two steps ahead of the opponent, ensuring clients are prepared for whatever the future holds.
My experience
- Advised shipowners in defending charterparty claims in exceeding of USD 4 million in London arbitration.
- Advised salvors on their claim for volunteer salvage services to a major casualty and assisted in securing their substantial reward.
- Assisted shipowners and P&I insurers negotiate major wreck removal contracts.
- Advised shipowners in defending substantial cargo damage claims and in respect of matters arising out of general average.
- Advised a warehousing company in a three-week Commercial Court trial, successfully defending claims exceeding USD 30 million.