Dispute resolution

Our dispute resolution team has many years experience assisting clients with commercial disputes in the shipping and offshore construction sectors, in particular relating to shipbuilding and ship conversion contracts, construction / upgrade contracts for production vessels and drilling rigs and operating contracts for all types of offshore units.

Our lawyers are expert in handling high-value, complex heavyweight international disputes. Our specialisation in these sectors and our industry knowledge, enables us to come to a swift understanding of the core issues in any dispute and in finding the right commercial solutions for our clients as well as, where litigation is unavoidable, in overseeing the conduct of these disputes, and setting up legal and technical teams to support our clients through the dispute process.

We provide clients with an early assessment of disputes, as well as matters that might become contentious, and are focused on developing an appropriate and cost-effective dispute resolution strategy for them. We are familiar with the conduct of all forms of dispute resolution, including High Court litigation and international commercial arbitration and mediation, as well as actions to enforce arbitral awards. Where necessary we advise on obtaining appropriate security.

We regularly conduct international commercial arbitrations under all major international arbitration rules and in all the leading arbitration centres around the world. Our lawyers have conducted arbitrations in London, Paris, Geneva, Singapore and Hong Kong amongst others under the LMAA, UNCITRAL, ICC, LCIA, and SCMA Rules.

Our team has strong links with overseas lawyers in key jurisdictions around the world allowing us to effectively manage cross-jurisdictional elements of the disputes we handle.  We also work with recognised technical and other experts in the sector and have extensive knowledge of specialist international arbitrators and mediators worldwide.