Shipping
Max advises on the full spectrum of dry shipping disputes.
Time charter disputes
Cases include withdrawal from charter, safe-port, off-hire, speed and consumption, and redelivery.
Voyage charter disputes
Cases include laytime and demurrage claims and wrongful cancellation of charter.
Bills of lading
Cases include cargo contamination and advising clients on issues surrounding clausing bills.
General average
Acting in claims for general average contributions.
Shipbuilding disputes
Acting in a wider range of disputes including cancellation disputes and warranty claims.
Super-yacht disputes
Cases include paint problems and re-fit issues.
Ship finance enforcement
Recovery of loaned sums for banks, including enforcement action such as arrest and ship sale.
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Shipping
Shipowners and operators
Max works for a number of the world's leading shipowners and operators.
Leading LPG trader
Alleged contamination to cargo dispute (and claim for consequential losses).
Leading tanker owner
Multiple laytime and demurrage disputes.
Major bulk carrier operators
Full-spectrum of charter-party disputes (e.g. withdrawal from charter, safe-port, off-hire, speed and consumption and redelivery).
Reviewing terms of shipbuilding contracts and refund guarantees for new-build contracts.
Ro-Ro operators
Advising on the cancellation of shipbuilding contracts and demanding refund of instalments under the refund guarantees.
LNG carriers
Acting for a specialist LNG company in relation to the construction and chartering of two ice-classed LNG tankers.
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Shipowners and operators
Shipping litigation
Max has considerable litigation experience, acting mainly in the English Commercial Court.
As well as the trials themselves, Max's expertise includes interim applications, injunctive relief, case management conferences and costs hearings.
English High Court litigation
Representing owners in a claim for wrongful cancellation of a voyage charter.
Acting for a seller (an LPG shipowner) in claims for unpaid deposits under a series of ship sale agreements.
Acting for a shipyard in a commission dispute relating to the construction contracts for a series of LNG carriers.
Claiming unpaid hire for Norwegian owners.
European Court of Justice
Advising owners in relation to the sanctions regime and a referral to the ECJ.
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Shipping litigation
Marine and international trade
Max advises on the full spectrum of dry shipping disputes.
Time charter disputes
Cases include withdrawal from charter, safe-port, off-hire, speed and consumption and redelivery.
Voyage charter disputes
Cases include laytime and demurrage claims and wrongful cancellation of charter.
Bills of lading
Cases include cargo contamination and advising clients on issues surrounding clausing bills.
General average
Acting in claims for general average contributions.
Shipbuilding disputes
Acting in a wider range of disputes including cancellation disputes and warranty claims.
Super-yacht disputes
Cases include paint problems and re-fit issues.
Ship finance enforcement
Recovery of loaned sums for banks, including enforcement action such as arrest and ship sale.
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Marine and international trade
International arbitration
Much of Max's work is in the field of international arbitration. He advises clients on all stages of the arbitral process from appointment to obtaining arbitral awards, and subsequent appeals and enforcement.
LMAA arbitrations
Acting for LPG shipowner in claim for damages further to alleged cargo contamination.
Acting for a Korean shipyard in a multi-million dollar dispute pursuant to the repudiation of a shipbuilding contract for a container ship.
Representing a Chinese shipowner in proceedings against a Chinese refund guarantor.
Assisting Norwegian owners in proceedings against Norwegian Charterers, in delivery dispute under a time charter.
Assisting a German platform supply vessel operator in claims against an Indian shipyard.
ICC arbitrations
Advising a major international bank in ICC arbitration proceedings pursuant to demands made under performance guarantees.
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International arbitration
Dispute resolution
Primarily a litigator, Max has wide experience in many areas of dispute resolution.
English High Court proceedings
Max has considerable litigation experience, acting mainly in the English Commercial Court.
As well as the trials themselves, Max's expertise includes interim applications, injunctive relief, case management conferences and costs hearings.
International arbitrations (with a focus on the LMAA and the ICC)
Much of Max's work is in the field of international arbitration. He advises clients on all stages of the arbitral process from appointment to obtaining arbitral awards and subsequent appeals and enforcement.
The European Court of Justice
Max has litigated a number of cases in the ECJ (including before a Grand Chamber of judges).
Mediation and ADR
Max has represented clients in a number of successful mediations avoiding the cost of a full hearing or trial, as well as other ad hoc 'without prejudice' meetings.
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Dispute resolution
Shipbuilding and offshore construction
Max has considerable expertise and specialise knowledge in the field of shipbuilding and offshore construction.
Shipbuilding cancellations and refund guarantees
Acting for a Korean shipyard in a multi-million dollar dispute pursuant to the repudiation of a shipbuilding contract for a container ship.
Acting for a Chinese shipowner in arbitration proceedings against a Chinese refund guarantor.
Assisting a major European bank (and their borrower shipowner client) in the cancellation of a number of shipbuilding contracts and subsequent demands under various refund guarantees.
Shipbuilding warranty claims
Representing a Norwegian shipowner in an Article IX warranty claim.
Acting for a Korean shipyard, fighting a number of claims brought by owners (including issues relating to the yard's sub-contractors).
Non-contentious negotiation
Max also negotiates documents such as shipbuilding contracts, refund guarantees and time charters.
Acting for a specialist LNG shipowner in relation to the construction and chartering of two ice-classed LNG tankers.
Acting for a major investment bank in a joint venture for acquisition of a series of new-build container ships.
Reviewing and redrafting a standard form shipbuilding contract for a major Korean shipyard.
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Shipbuilding and offshore construction
Yacht and superyacht
Advised in relation to preventing the sale of a yacht, in relation to a high-value divorce litigation.
Advising a high-net worth owner in relation to a yacht refurbishment dispute (settled via mediation).
Advising on a charterparty dispute and obtaining a commercial settlement, following a passenger accident on board a superyacht.
Advising clients in relation to superyacht building disputes (from the points of view of buyer and builder), including termination of build contracts.
Advising an ultra-high net worth superyacht owner in relation to disputes arising out of a refit contract.