• 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
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
Documentary Sub-Committee member 2015-2022
Also sat on the Legal, Insurance and Documentary Committee
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