Charles Debattista practises as a barrister and as an arbitrator in high-value international commercial disputes, in which areas he also has an established advisory practice, regularly providing expert opinions on English law before foreign courts and arbitral tribunals.

He has extensive experience in all aspects of charterparties, bills of lading, cif and fob disputes, letters of credit and bank guarantees, energy disputes, ship management issues, super-yacht disputes and more generally general international commercial contract disputes.  He has recently advised on shipping disputes in the context of the war in Ukraine and the crisis in the Red Sea.

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