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- Direct the company’s legal activities, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives and leading key legal initiatives, resulting in a 40% reduction in legal costs over three years.- Manage over 200 maritime claims annually, including charterparties, bills of lading, MOAs, commodities sale contracts, collisions, salvage and general average claims, achieving a 90% success rate in dispute resolutions.- Provide strategic legal counsel to the executive team and maintain strong relationships with external law firms, regulatory bodies and industry associations.- Lead the legal department, manage budgets and foster a culture of excellence through mentorship and professional development.

- Represented the company in high-stakes litigation, arbitration and mediation proceedings concerning all sorts of maritime claims.- Spearheaded the negotiation, drafting and review of complex, high-value maritime contracts, such as long-term time charters, COAs, ship sale and purchase transactions and marine insurance policies.- Advised company management on strategic legal matters comprising fleet expansion, ship finance and maritime regulatory compliance.- Supervised, mentored and guided junior legal counsels and other employees, ensuring compliance with the company's legal strategy and maritime regulations.

- Handled a broad range of shipping disputes involving voyage charters, time charters, bills of lading, bunker supply contracts, crew claims and ship mortgages.- Offered tailored legal advice to various departments within the company on contract drafting and review, risk management and dispute resolution.- Maintained the company’s compliance with and awareness of all relevant legal matters and industry best practices through ongoing legal research on maritime laws, regulations and industry developments.- Liaised with external law firms and other stakeholders to achieve effective representation and comprehensive legal support for the company’s interests.

- Established and developed the company’s legal department from the ground up.- Managed claims related to charterparties, bills of lading, international sale of goods and ship management.- Assessed agreements to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, corporate policies and procedures.- Collaborated with lawyers from various jurisdictions to effectively carry out arrests of ships, cargoes, bunkers and other assets belonging to debtors.

- Performed commercial and technical management of ships, ensuring operational efficiency and cost optimisation.- Planned and supervised cargo operations for different types of ships at numerous ports worldwide.- Managed and coordinated the voyage planning process for the company’s fleet, encompassing the optimisation of ship routes and the development of efficient bunkering programmes.- Examined and addressed speed and consumption claims under time charters, as well as demurrage and despatch claims under voyage charters.

Master Of Laws - Llm, Maritime Law, Pass With Distinction

Postgraduate Diploma, Maritime Law

Master'S Degree, Transportation Logistics And Transport Management

Bachelor'S Degree, Transport Technologies