MICHAEL BIRD FCIArb

SUPPORTING MEMBER OF THE LONDON MARITIME ARBITRATORS ASSOCIATION (LMAA)

EMPANELLED BY THE ASIAN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION CENTRE (AIAC)

INDIVIDUAL MEMBER OF THE SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF MARITIME ARBITRATION (SCMA)

SUPPORTING MEMBER OF THE HONG KONG MARITIME ARBITRATION GROUP (HKMAG)

• Full-time independent arbitrator

• English qualified solicitor (non-practising)

• Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)

• Holder of CIArb Diploma in Maritime Arbitration 2023

• Passed Singapore’s Maritime Arbitrator Accreditation Programme 2023, organised by Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb) and SCMA

• Divisional Director (Claims) at a major International Group P&I Club until 2022, providing marine liability and legal expenses insurance

• 25 years of experience in assisting Owners and Charterers with the full range of FD&D, P&I and Charterers’ Liability to Hull (CLH) disputes, including nearly 10 years as a maritime arbitration and litigation solicitor in the City of London

• Efficient, responsive working style: very familiar with the operational needs of shipping and logistics companies and their insurers

• Now operating from a modern serviced office in the centre of Bangkok, with online activities protected by a Virtual Private Network (VPN)

• Available for physical hearings in London and elsewhere, as well as virtual or hybrid hearings

• Happy to accept appointments under the LMAA Small Claims Procedure

• Itemised invoices

• Sterling account with a Thai bank

• Also available for insurance claims consultancy work

• English mother tongue

• Fluent German speaker

• Conversational French speaker

• Thai – intermediate reading, writing, speaking and listening

OTHER AFFILIATIONS

BIMCO

Documentary Committee member 2015-2022, involved in publishing most of the world’s standard form maritime contracts

Also sat on the Drafting Sub-Committee responsible for:-

· BIMCO LNG Fuel Quality Clause for Time Charter Parties;

· BIMCO LNG Fuel Gas-freeing and Cool-down Clause for Time Charter Parties;

· BIMCO LNG Fuel Delivery and Redelivery Clause for Time Charter Parties; and

· BIMCO LNG Fuel Operational Clause for Time Charter Parties

See link: https://www.bimco.org/insights-and-information/contracts/20220318-lng-clauses

UK CHAMBER OF SHIPPING

Documentary Sub-Committee member 2015-2022

Also sat on the Legal, Insurance and Documentary Committee

INTERNATIONAL GROUP OF P&I CLUBS (IG)

Production Operations and Specialist Craft Committee member 2016-2022

LNG Indemnities Working Group member 2016-2022, assessing whether LNG Terminal Conditions of Use (COU) were compatible with P&I cover