HFW

Shipping

Partner

Paolo specialises in managing high profile and complex wet and dry shipping disputes, and has significant experience acting on major fires, explosions and groundings. His expertise in handling major incidents and difficult situations, has seen him assist ship owning and insurance clients with marine casualties, piracy, kidnap and ransom in some of the world’s more challenging places. He advises clients across the maritime industry, including P&I Clubs, charterers and shipowners as well as major corporations, insurers, investment funds and traders.

His practice also includes multi-jurisdictional trade and commodity litigation often involving major, business critical disputes, fraud investigations and asset tracing. Paolo is “very good strategic thinker", “very experienced and a good tactician” , “result-focused and imaginative." Clients praise him for being a “very commercial lawyer with a great instinct” who “keeps his eye on the prize and is not distracted from pursuing that aim".

Paolo is qualified in England and Wales, and is also a fluent Spanish speaker.