36 Stone is a dedicated shipping, international trade, and International Arbitration team, which is part of The 36 Group, a barristers Chambers based in Grays Inn, London, with an office in Singapore and global reach beyond that with members based in Hong Kong, Brunei, and USA.

The members of 36 Stone have extensive experience relating to shipping contractual documents including bills of lading, charterparties, contracts of affreightment, and shipbuilding and ship sale and purchase contracts. In addition we are also familiar with the issues which arise in practice relating to offshore and energy matters, regulatory matters such as marine environmental / pollution and port state control, collisions, salvage and wreck removal, and also competition, employment and commodities issues arising in shipping contexts.

The Arbitration team is formed of members with industry-recognised expertise and market knowledge; delivering advocacy, advisory and arbitration services for shipping and commercial clients from all over the world in a wide variety of shipping (wet and dry) and international trade matters, both contentious and non-contentious. Members are highly familiar with the various institutional arbitration regimes, including SCMA, LCIA, ICC, HKIAC, SIAC, SCC, SHIAC, KLRCA, BVIIAC and LMAA.

Arbitration is a core practice area of 36 Stone with our members having a breadth of experience acting as arbitrators.