Camille Savinien

Practice Areas

Camille specialises in all aspects of shipping contractual work, including Charterparty, Bill of Lading, construction and ship sale and purchase.

Her Charterparty expertise includes underperformance issues, unsafe port claims, demurrage disputes, off-hire, cancellations, in relation to different types of vessels. She has handled numerous cargo claims under both bills of lading and Charterparties and has been involved in large shipbuilding disputes (including relating to guarantees), liquefaction cases, and large casualties and advised extensively on the Limitation Convention 1976.

Career

During her career, Camille has gained a wealth of experience of various forms of dispute resolutions (including mediation) and in London Arbitration and the English Courts. Recent highlights include acting in the following:

• The Alpha Harmony [2019] EWHC 2522 (Comm)

• Weco v Loro Piana [2020] EWHC 2150 (Comm)

• The Ocean Victory [2017] UKSC 35

• Advising buyers on a dispute for US$82 million with a shipyard for failure to take delivery.

• Advising shipowners, charterers and P&I insurers regarding the Ukraine/Russia conflict.

Education:

• Legal Practice Course (2016)

• Bar Professional Training Course (2014-2015)

• Graduate Diploma in Law (2013-2014)

• MPhil in International Relations, University of Cambridge (2012-2013)

• History (MA Cantab), 1st class, University of Cambridge (2009-2012)