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About
Provided by Alexander Wright KC
Practice Areas
General commercial dispute resolution including insurance (marine and non-marine) and reinsurance, oil and gas, construction and engineering, banking, derivatives, guarantees, purchase options, agency disputes, commercial fraud (including bribery), joint venture agreements, shareholders’ agreements and other general contractual matters. Particular experience in international arbitration including under LMAA, LCIA, ICC, LME, UNCITRAL rules, SIAC, SCMA, HKIAC and ad hoc and appeals from/challenges to arbitration awards.
Shipping and commodities matters including disputes arising out of charterparties, contracts of affreightment and bills of lading, ship sale MOAs, forward freight agreements (FFAs), the international sale and carriage of goods, commodity sale and purchase agreements, and shipping-related guarantee claims. Shipbuilding and offshore construction disputes across a range of types of vessels, including FPSOs, offshore support vessels, bulk carriers, oil/chemical tankers, ro-ro passenger ferries, and superyachts. Wet shipping matters including arrests, collision, towage and limitation. Claims against ship managers.
Career
Called 2007 (Middle Temple). Pupil at 4 Pump Court 2007-08. Tenant at 4 Pump Court 2008 to date.
Professional Memberships
COMBAR (Executive Committee), London Shipping Law Centre, TECBAR, SCL.
Publications
MA (Cantab) (Peterhouse). Married with two daughters.