Hatty Sumption

Career

Hatty has worked extensively for significant commodity trading groups, advising them on a daily basis. She brings extensive knowledge of the sector, an in-depth understanding of how traders like to work and the challenges they face.

Hatty is a Partner in the Marine International Trade group. Her core areas of practice are commodity trading disputes (predominantly oil, coal and metals trading, although she also has experience of biofuels, grains and fertilisers) and related charterparty, bill of lading, letter of credit and ship sale and purchase matters. For her commodity trading clients, she has also handled a number of disputes arising out of company or asset disposals/acquisitions, share purchase agreements, joint venture agreements, shareholder agreements and financing arrangements.

Hatty has extensive experience of high court and arbitration proceedings, acting for clients in mediations and in multi-jurisdictional cases involving working closely with foreign lawyers and overseeing proceedings in other jurisdictions.