Areas of Expertise

Banking & Financial Services. Includes:

Acquisitions, Disposals & Mergers
Derivatives
Futures Exchanges
Insolvency issues
Inventory Financing and Trade Finance
Lending (syndicated facilities; revolving loans; JV and Shareholder Agreements)
Regulatory disputes and investigations
Security & Collateral
Structured finance

Commodities & Maritime, Construction & Energy. Includes:

Admiralty
Bills of lading
Carriage of goods by road, rail, pipeline, air and sea
Chartering & COAs
Commodities (see below)
Containerised and liner trading
Electronic trading
Energy, including construction
Environmental and hazardous disasters
Exploration & Production
Insurance
Marine/shipping
Mining & Metals
Sale of Goods
Ship sale and purchase
Ship-yard disputes
Storage
Warehousing and vaulting

Extensive experience in all manner of commodities. Includes:

Agricultural and softs (including timber and cotton)
Bullion and PGMs
Coal
Carbon/emissions
LNG, natural gas
Metals
Oil (fossil and bio-fuels)