Cape Town-based Lana Stockton is recognised as a growing force in South Africa's shipping space. She has experience negotiating with authorities to allow necessary transport and crew changes despite lockdown restrictions. She additionally advises on casualties, collisions and insolvencies.

Mark Van Velden is well versed in commercial transactions in the shipping space, as well as in contentious mandates, such as arrests, charter party disputes and matters relating to environmental damage. He provides counsel to his clients from his base in Durban.
"He is very diligent with a great eye for detail. His advice is simple and concise, and he is approachable in client care."

Jeremy Prain operates a practice which encompasses a broad range of shipping issues, such as search and rescue and collisions, in addition to the financing and sale of vessels. He acts for a number of P&I clubs and financial institutions and is based out of Cape Town.
"He is personable, available, time-conscious and pragmatic. He gets to know his client and find out what we want. His advice is succinct, pragmatic and good."

Durban-based Andrew Pike heads the firm's ports, transport and logistics team. He is regularly instructed to handle casualty and cargo disputes, as well as ports and terminals matters.
"He is a force to be reckoned with."

Head of department Craig Cunningham possesses a deep roster of P&I club clients and a wealth of shipping arrest experience, as well as a thorough grasp of the field's regulatory regime. He operates out of the firm's Cape Town office.
"He's a solution finder, an innovative thinker who thinks outside of the box." "He is a good lawyer with a good name in the market."