Simon Curtis

Senior Partner
Education: 
Jesus College, Oxford; MA(Law); BCL
Career: 
Qualified England 1981; Partner, Watson, Farley & Williams 1986-1996; Founding Partner CDG in 1996; Elected Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Contact:
Tel: 
+44 (0)20 8734 2801
Email: 
simon.curtis@cdg.co.uk

 

Simon is regarded internationally as one of the most experienced maritime lawyers with extensive experience in a range of shipbuilding and offshore procurement matters. 

As the author of the first, second and third editions, of "The Law of Shipbuilding Contracts" published by LLP – the fourth edition of which is scheduled for publication in the second half of 2012 – Simon is the leading expert under English law on marine construction.  He has received several nominations as a leading expert in his field, including being cited as an expert in each edition of "The World’s Leading Shipping and Maritime Lawyers" since 1998 and as one of the "top five" maritime lawyers in the UK in the "Guide to the Best of the Best". 

Simon lectures regularly on a range of shipbuilding and offshore issues, including contracts for the construction and employment of FPSOs and FSPOs, and is also a contributing author to "Force Majeure and Frustration of Contract", LLP 1995.