Hill Dickinson LLP

Commodities and international trade.

Partner with a recognised specialism in commodities, international trade and shipping law, with especial expertise and specialisation in sugar and cotton. Work undertaken includes commodity disputes, international sale and purchase contract litigation and arbitration (principally at GAFTA, FOSFA, ICA and RSA/SAL but also at LCIA and ICC ), and all aspects of international trade, including futures and options and other commodity-based derivatives, together with all forms of dry shipping litigation, including charterparty and bill of lading disputes, cargo claims and ship sale and purchase disputes. Clients are commodity trading houses, commodity trade associations and energy majors. Speaks regularly at seminars on all aspects of his practice, particularly sugar.

Articled Hill Dickinson & Co 1981-83; qualified 1983; associate partner 1987; partner Hill Taylor Dickinson 1989; chairman 2004-06; joined Hill Dickinson on merger 2006.

Dulwich College; Christ’s College, Cambridge (1980 BA Hons law).

Tennis, skiing, rugby, wine tasting, horse riding.