Languages | German (native speaker), Spanish

E-mail | nvonborries @ bentleys.co.uk

Nina studied law at University College London. She joined Richards Butler as a trainee, qualifying as a solicitor in January 2000. She was an Assistant Solicitor in Richards Butler's Dry Shipping Department until July 2002 when she left Richards Butler to embark on her qualification as a German solicitor (Rechtsanwalt) which she obtained in early 2003. Nina is registered as a solicitor with the Frankfurt courts.

She joined Bentleys in August 2006.

Nina's professional experience encompasses war risks, marine and general insurance, cargo claims, GAFTA arbitrations and charter party disputes. Nina has handled mediations, arbitrations and litigation in both the County Court and the High Court.

She obtained her PhD from the University of Hamburg in 2009. Her dissertation was published with the title "The International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage and Recklessness".

Nina has published a lecture given in Germany on limitation of liability entitled "Neuere englische Rechtsprechung zum Haftungsbeschränkungsübereinkommen 1976".