Eleanor Coates

Career

Eleanor specialises in international commercial disputes concerning all aspects of the sale and carriage of commodities. Her clients include national oil companies, oil majors, Japanese trading companies and leading international commodity traders.

Eleanor has 10 years of experience advising trading clients on a broad spectrum of commodity disputes - including oil, gas, refined products, petrochemicals, soft and hard commodities. She also specialises in related charterparty and bill of lading disputes. Eleanor also works for leading Japanese and French marine cargo insurers.

Eleanor's clients value her responsiveness and commercially focused legal advice. She has a proven track record of success in cases with difficult merits.

Eleanor's non-contentious work includes advising commodity traders and cargo interests on the drafting of international sale and purchase contracts and charterparty terms. Her experience advising on disputes arising out of such contracts provides a unique insight into problems that can arise out of their drafting.