E-mail | mmoon @ bentleys.co.uk

Michael Moon has been actively engaged in the handling of maritime claims and disputes for more than 28 years.

He began his career in England by working at one of the major London based P&I Clubs for 10 years and as an Associate Director acquired considerable experience of managing casualties and litigation all over the world.

In 1998 he joined a well known firm of legal consultants in London as a partner, and specialised in arbitration and maritime claims in the tanker and oil industry, including claims for environmental damage. Chief amongst his clients were the shipping and chartering divisions of some of the world's biggest energy companies.

In 1997 Michael joined specialist maritime law solicitors Shaw & Croft, re-qualifying as an English solicitor in 1999 and becoming a partner in 2002. In 2007 he moved to Bentleys, Stokes & Lowless as a partner and continues to expand his practice, routinely advising shipowners, charterers and the shipping, chartering and trading divisions of major energy companies in a wide range of commercial shipping matters but particularly in relation to complex cargo claims, charterparty and contractual disputes. He has continued to develop his particular expertise in matters relating to tanker chartering practice, the relevant forms and requirements of the various tanker trades. He is also now instructed by underwriters on behalf of hull and cargo interests, traders and terminal operators.

He is a member of the British Maritime Law Association and was recently appointed to the Supporting Members Liaison Committee of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association as one of two solicitors to represent the legal profession.

Michael delivered a paper on arbitration matters at the XV International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators in London which has been published in the journal of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He has spoken at other international conferences on such diverse matters as War Risks (on the eve of the recent war in Iraq), the legal implications of the International Ship and Port Facilities Security ("ISPS") Code, on the impact of free in and out terms on contractual obligations under bills of lading, and oil loss claims.