I am in practice as an independent arbitrator and counsel in various common law jurisdictions, including Singapore, Australia, and the UK.   I have specialised (inter alia) in maritime disputes throughout that time, with particular reference to charterparty disputes, and shipbuilding contracts.  I have been involved in very heavy arbitrations over that period, both as arbitrator and counsel, dealing with a variety of vessel types (ferries, bulk carriers, warships, pipe layers, LPSOs, drilling rigs and production platforms), giving rise to a range of issues from freight payment and cargo damage, to rescission/repudiation fights (as the freight market moves), involving both charterparty and shipbuilding cases.  I have also had a long history of arbitral involvement in oil and gas disputes (mostly upstream) involving production sharing contracts in fields from North Sea, West Africa, and Central Asia, to Indonesia.  I have familiarity with GAFTA, and similar commodity disputes. 

My family background is Italian, and I have acted for Italian shipowners over the years.  I speak Italian well.

Given that I have a multicentred practice, with family both in Australia and Europe, I spend about a third of my year (in total) in South Asia, together with a third in Australia, and the rest in Europe.   I have been coming to Singapore, for professional and personal reasons for over 30 years.

I am a holder of a British passport, and no other.