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John is a partner at Adams&Moore Solicitors LLP, London. Dual-qualified as a Solicitor-Advocate in England & Wales and as a Solicitor in Hong Kong, John is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and has represented clients at arbitrations both ‘ad hoc’ and subject to institutional rules (including LMAA, SCMA, SIAC, LCIA, ICC, UNICTRAL, HKIAC, CIETAC and others).
John specialises in disputes arising out of charterparties, bills of lading, sale & purchase contacts and contracts of affreightment. Prior to joining A&M, John spent 9 years in Hong Kong (including a secondment to an IG P&I Club) and has experience of acting for parties across Asia, including owners, charterers, P&I insurers, brokers, cargo interests and shipyards in the marine sector. Outside of the marine field, John has also acted for shareholders and creditors in commercial disputes, fraud and insolvency proceedings, both before the Hong Kong and London courts.
John has an international background, and speaks fluent German as well as basic French, Mandarin and Japanese. John has also been recognised as a Rising Star in the Shipping Litigation category of the Legal 500 Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) between 2018 and 2020.
John specialises in disputes arising out of charterparties, bills of lading, sale & purchase contacts and contracts of affreightment. Prior to joining A&M, John spent 9 years in Hong Kong (including a secondment to an IG P&I Club) and has experience of acting for parties across Asia, including owners, charterers, P&I insurers, brokers, cargo interests and shipyards in the marine sector. Outside of the marine field, John has also acted for shareholders and creditors in commercial disputes, fraud and insolvency proceedings, both before the Hong Kong and London courts.
John has an international background, and speaks fluent German as well as basic French, Mandarin and Japanese. John has also been recognised as a Rising Star in the Shipping Litigation category of the Legal 500 Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) between 2018 and 2020.
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