Campbell Johnson Clark (CJC) has confirmed two new appointments have reinforced expertise in two key areas of business at its Singapore office, after the appointment of Senior Associate William Pyle joining as Senior Associate and Solicitor Andrew Shannon.
William Pyle has joined CJC as Senior Associate, bringing with him a wealth of experience in advising P&I Clubs, shipowners, ship managers, charterers, insurers, banks and other clients on shipping and international trade. He is experienced in handling marine casualties and has advised in relation to various high-profile collisions, groundings and fires at sea, as well as contractual disputes and environmental claims.
Based in Singapore since 2013, William has experience running international arbitrations seated in Singapore, Hong Kong and London. He is also experienced in handling and advising on claims in the English courts and in Lloyd’s Open Forum salvage arbitration. He has recently advised on numerous bunker quality disputes in Asia, following the introduction of the IMO 2020 low sulphur regulations.
Also joining CJC in Singapore is Andrew Shannon, Solicitor and Master Mariner. Based in Singapore since 2014, Andrew specialises in Admiralty Law. He has been involved in disputes arising from marine casualties including collisions, groundings, cargo claims unsafe port claims, heavy weather damage, total loss, dangerous cargo issues, MARPOL violations, crewing issues and salvage. In 2018, he was named by Singapore Business Review as one of the city-state’s most influential lawyers aged 40 and under.
Before practising law, Andrew spent 16 years at sea, as well as time ashore as an internal auditor for a large US-based shipowner. He is qualified as an ISM lead auditor, ISPS auditor and company security officer.
The latest additions consolidate expertise at CJC’s Singapore office across its dry shipping and casualty handling workload, strengthening its continuing initiative to grow its regional business by investing in Singapore’s legal talent pool.