Joanna Steele

Practice Areas

Joanna advises shipowners, charterers, traders, managers, intermediaries, and their insurers on a wide range of charterparty & COA issues, complex P&I claims and other problems often involving dangerous cargoes, vessel breakdowns and general average. She regularly advises on marine insurance policies and coverage issues. Her expertise encompasses contracts of carriage, charterparties, ship sale and shipbuilding contracts, as well as international sale contracts and she has experience of negotiating and drafting contracts across a spectrum ranging from the cruise ship sector to LNG.

Career

Admitted as a Solicitor in 1992.

Joanna has spent her entire legal career specialising in shipping and marine insurance advice and dispute resolution involving arbitration, the High Court and mediation. She is highly regarded in her field and individually ranked in both Chambers and Partners and Legal 500, where she is considered a leading individual.