About me
I’m a shipping expert who focuses on dry shipping and contractual disputes, working with ship owners, charterers, operators, traders, P&I Clubs and marine insurers.
I advise on legal and commercial aspects of charterparties, bills of lading, COAs and other shipping contracts. I handle disputes arising from off-hire claims, demurrage, performance warranties and cargo and vessel damage and disputes regarding employment orders, vessel arrest and security. I’m also experienced in commercial litigation and civil procedure, due to my involvement in a long-standing matter.
I want the same thing my clients want: to obtain the best possible outcome. To get there, I provide a realistic assessment of the merits of their case and offer clear, strategic advice that clients can draw upon to manage risk and resolve complex issues in their favour.
A challenge excites me and I enjoy working on live matters across various jurisdictions and time zones.
I often take part in charity and wellbeing initiatives and have competed in the LYR Oarsome Challenge three times.
My experience
- Acting for a shipowner in connection with claims against them under ship finance documents, including an application for a release from arrest.
- Acting in a LMAA arbitration relating to a multi-million dollar claim for alleged off-specification fuel.
- Acting in a dispute regarding a contract of affreightment, raising complex issues of expert evidence.
- Acting for the successful appellant in the Court of Appeal in relation to the reinstatement of a worldwide freezing order.
- Acting for a successful respondent in relation to a jurisdiction challenge in Lakatamia Shipping Company Ltd v Su & Ors [2023] EWHC 1873
- Acting for a successful claimant in a €27 million claim for unlawful means conspiracy.