Roderick Charles Cordara
Barrister

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.

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CONTACT

Phone: +44 0 777 089 0774 (mobile),   +65 6922 2527 (office)

Email: RCordara@essexcourt.net, cordara@newchambers.com.au

Nationality: British

Country of Residence: United Kingdom

Language(s): English, French, Italian

MAIN PRACTICE AREAS
  • CHARTERPARTIES
  • OIL & GAS
  • SHIP BUILD & REPAIR
  • COMMODITIES (OTHER THAN COAL OR GRAIN)
  • PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
      1. Barrister, England & Wales (Middle Temple)

        King’s Counsel, UK (1994)

        Barrister, New South Wales (1999)

        Senior Counsel, Australia (2002)

        Member, Australian Government Rulings Panel for Goods & Services Tax

        Registered Foreign Lawyer, Singapore International Commercial Court

    ADMISSIONS
    EDUCATION

    Bachelor of Arts (Law) (1st Class Honours)Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge 

    Master of Law (1st Class Honours)Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge 

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