Alex has over 12 years’ experience in the marine and insurance industry. She spent the early part of her career working for a number of top tier salvors on high profile marine incidents where she gained extensive experience in salvage, casualty management and offshore disputes.
Alex then made the move to an International Group P&I Club where she went on to handle the full range of P&I and FD&D matters.
More recently, Alex has made the move to private practice where she handles a wide range of “wet” disputes, namely, collisions, wreck removals, LOFs, General Average and pollution control. In addition to her “wet” work, Alex also handles “dry” shipping disputes such as towage, charterparty and cargo damage claims as well as having gained experience handling litigation before Arbitration Tribunals including the LSAB and LMAA.
Alex is dual qualified in England & Wales and in Malta. She is fluent in Maltese and Italian.
RECENT EXPERIENCE:
- Acted for Salvors under an LOF in relation to a product tanker which suffered a fire and was immobilised;
- Instructed by Owners in respect of the wreck removal of a wave energy converter device resulting in multiple applications being made before the Arbitral tribunal in respect of various contractual and operational issues;
- Acted on behalf of Shipowners and their P&I Club in respect of pursuing a General Average claim resulting out of a main engine breakdown;
- Acted on behalf of Charterers in respect of a substantial towage dispute;
- Instructed by P&I Clubs in respect of cargo damage claims, containers lost overboard and container stack collapses;
- Acted on behalf of a yacht owner in respect of a breach of warranty claim.
