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Shipping

UK-wide

13 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Andrew Chamberlain

UK

Practice Areas

- Admiralty Crisis Management

- Shipping

- Yachts

- Insurance & Reinsurance

- Dispute Resolution

Career

Career

Andrew is a former Royal Navy officer and specialises in “wet” shipping cases, including salvage (acting for salvors, as well as ship owners and their underwriters), collisions, fire and explosion, total loss and wreck removal. He also advises on both civil and criminal pollution liabilities, marine insurance coverage disputes and the full range of other shipping-related commercial and contractual disputes.

Experience

Andrew is consistently ranked in the top tier for Shipping in Chambers and is “particularly renowned for his expertise in salvage, collision and wreck removal matters." (Chambers UK 2023). A client confirmed that they were “impressed by his commercial thinking and great legal instincts.”(Chambers UK 2023). Andrew has also served at sea with the Royal Navy and also had a stint with the Hong Kong Squadron. He left the Royal Navy in 1990 and joined HFW in 1994. Andrew has been heavily involved in many of the largest casualties of recent years, including “ACONCAGUA“ and “CMA DJAKARTA” (both 1999), “PRESTIGE” (2002), “PELICAN 1” (2003), “THUNDERHORSE” (2005) which remains the most valuable property subject to a Lloyds Open Form salvage agreement to date, “MSC NAPOLI” (2007), “MSC CHITRA” (2010), “COSTA CONCORDIA” (2012), “SMART” (2013), the “NORMAN ATLANTIC” (2014), “MAERSK SEOUL” (2016), “SANCHI” and “MAERSK HONAM” (both 2018), “YANTIAN EXPRESS” and “GOLDEN RAY” (both 2019), “STELLAR BANNER” (2020), “EVER GIVEN” and “X-PRESS PEARL” (both 2021) and "ULTRA GALAXY" (2024).

Andrew is qualified in England and Wales.

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