Hall & Wilcox fields an ‘experienced, commercial, pro-active team with sound knowledge of contract, charter party and personal injury issues’. Key to the group’s multi-jurisdictional expertise is practice head Chris Sacré in Sydney, who is ’conscientious, commercial and has wide experience of maritime law issues in London and Hong Kong in addition to Australia’. Elsewhere in the team, Kendall Messer in Perth is ‘highly engaged, well connected and fast to grasp detail,’ and is an experienced practitioner, dealing with a range of shipping litigation and transactional work.

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Testimonials

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  • 'Chris Sacré in Sydney is conscientious, commercial and has wide experience of maritime law issues in London and Hong Kong in addition to Australia. Kendall Messer in Perth is highly engaged, well-connected and fast to grasp detail.'
  • 'Experienced, commercial, pro-active team with sound knowledge of contract, charter party and personal injury issues.'

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Chris Sacré

Other key lawyers

Paul Baxter, Kendall Messer