Managing Partner
Navin & Co. LLP

1 Maritime Square
#09-07/14 HarbourFront Centre
Singapore 099253
Phone : +65 6532 4220
Fax : +65 6532 4227
Mobile : +65 9730 7221
Email : navin@navinco.com.sg

Commissioner for Oaths
LL.M. (Maritime Law), University of Singapore (2008)
Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore (1995)
Barrister-at-Law, Lincoln's Inn (1994)
LL.B. (Hons), University of London (1993)

After being called to the Singapore Bar in 1995, Navinder commenced practice with an established local shipping and commercial litigation firm and was made partner within a short space of five years. Having already established himself as a formidable advocate, in 2002, Navinder founded Navin & Co. to focus on his desired career in maritime, commercial and corporate litigation.

As a reputable practitioner in the field of shipping litigation and arbitration, Navinder has acted as counsel in several landmark cases involving complex shipping work, and two of those cases determined issues in the Singapore Courts for the first time.

In the case of The AA 5, Navinder successfully set aside the arrest of a vessel in Singapore waters and also succeeded in obtaining damages for wrongful arrest. There were no previous cases in which a plaintiff had succeeded in obtaining damages in this regard in Singapore. In The Patraikos, Navinder acted as co-Counsel for cargo owners in relation to a claim for cargo damage. The vessel in question grounded off Singapore waters and the owners were claiming a limitation of liability under the Hague-Visby Rules. He succeeded on behalf of cargo owners in breaking limitation for the first time in the Singapore Courts.

Navinder has litigated cases in many areas of law. His principal areas of practice remain in civil and commercial litigation, shipping and admiralty litigation, insolvency law and IT/IP law. His other practice areas include ship financing and shipping corporate / transactional matters.

Partner
Navin & Co. LLP

1 Maritime Square
#09-07/14 HarbourFront Centre
Singapore 099253
Phone : +65 6532 4220
Fax : +65 6532 4227

LL.B (Hons.)
LL.M (University of London)

Raymund A. Anthony holds an LL.B (Hons.) and LL.M from the University of London.  He was called by the Middle Temple to the English Bar as a Barrister in 1986 and was called to the Singapore Bar in 1989.  Mr. Anthony is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and a Panel Member of the American Arbitration Association.  He is also a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators, England and was made a Freeman of the City of London in 1985. 

Following a period of practice in Singapore, Mr. Anthony worked in New York from 1990 to 1993 at two different maritime law firms, assisting in landmark cases such as the Exxon Valdez.  He also served on the editorial staff of a monthly periodical, “The Maritime Advisor”. 

Mr. Anthony’s current areas of practice are in civil and commercial litigation, domestic and international arbitration.  He also has expertise in personal and industrial injury claims, insurance law, trademark and intellectual property matters, insolvency, family law and criminal defence.  Mr. Anthony has litigation experience in the Subordinate Courts, the High Court and the Court of Appeal in Singapore.

Associate
Navin & Co. LLP

Mobile : +65 9646 5767
Email   : amirul@navinco.com.sg

1 Maritime Square
#09-07/14 HarbourFront Centre
Singapore 099253
Phone : +65 6532 4220
Fax : +65 6532 4227

LL.B. (Hons), National University of Singapore (2010).
B.Soc.Sci (Hons), National University of Singapore (2007).
Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore (2011).

Amirul was inducted into the Graduate LLB programme at Singapore’s premier law school in 2007. He obtained his LLB (Hons) from the National University of Singapore in 2010 before successfully completing the Preparatory Course leading to Part B of the Singapore Bar Examinations in December 2010. After serving his practice training with the Firm, he was subsequently called to the Singapore Bar as an Advocate & Solicitor in August 2011.

In addition to his legal qualifications, Amirul also obtained a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Hons) degree from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of the National University of Singapore in 2007. Whilst reading law, he gained significant work experience with a statutory board regulating the media industry.

Amirul practises as a commercial litigator mainly in the areas of shipping and international trade. He assists the Managing Partner in research and legal writing in litigious matters.
 
He has spent a considerable amount of time at Navin & Co. LLP in addition to his practice training with the firm. Amirul was also ‘part-called’ to the Bar during this training period in which he has appeared several times on behalf of the Firm in chambers. Detailed below are several matters in which Amirul has been involved in thus far.

Shipping Cases

• Assisted and participated in the arrests of vessels for unpaid bunkers and services rendered.
• Assisted in advising shipmanagers in relation to a charterer’s breach of a charterparty leading to a multi-million dollar claim.
• Assisted in advising a major P&I club in dealing with cargo claims arising from the ingress of seawater into containers shipped onboard.
• Assisted in the preparation for shipping related SIAC and SMA arbitrations.

Other Major Commercial Litigation

• Assisted in the managing partner’s appearance before the Court of Appeal where the Firm successfully represented the Respondent in resisting the appeal to attach personal liability on a company director in a complex multi-party transaction.
• Assisted in the litigation and subsequent settlement of a multi-million dollar claim against a renowned international bank.
• Assisted in advising an international logistics company in a dispute over the quality of commodities shipped.
• Assisted in a creditors’ insolvency action against the insolvent company’s directors involving several million dollars’ worth of debt.

Non-Contentious Matters

• Drafting commercial documents such as licensing, shareholder, share purchase and tenancy agreements.
• Assisted in advising an offshore law firm in a multi-million dollar facility agreement.
• Assisted in advising a wealth management firm on amendments to their memorandum and articles of association.
• Assisted in advising a large marine offshore group in a provision of services agreement.

Memberships

• The Law Society of Singapore
• Singapore Academy of Law

Languages

Amirul is fluent in English and Bahasa Melayu, with a functional command of Bahasa Indonesia.

Consultant
Navin & Co. LLP

MA (Oxford)
BCL (Oxford)
LLM (Harvard)

Present academic appointments:

• Admiralty Law Institute Professor of Maritime Law, Tulane University Law School, New Orleans
• Director, Tulane Maritime Law Center
• Professorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne, Australia

Previous academic appointments:

• Distinguished Visitor, National University of Singapore (2008, 2009)
• Visiting Professor, Università degli Studi Cagliari, Italy (2007, 2008)
• Maritime and Port Authority Distinguished Visitor in Maritime Law, National University of Singapore (2004)
• Harrison Moore Professor of Law, Law School, The University of Melbourne, Australia (1995-2000)
• Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor, Law School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia (1989-1995)
• Lecturer, Law School, The University of Western Australia (1983-1989)
• Lecturer, Law Department, Nottingham University, UK (1980-1981)

Books:

• Admiralty and Maritime Law: Practitioner’s Edition (Beard Books, 2008), with Robert Force and A.N. Yiannopoulos
• Admiralty and Maritime Law: Abridged Edition (Beard Books, 2008), with Robert Force and A.N. Yiannopoulos
• Torts (LexisNexis Butterworths, 5th ed 2008), with Ian Malkin
• Shipping Law (Thomson LawBook Co, 3rd ed, 2004), with Anthony Dickey QC
• International Trade Law: Commentary and Materials (Thomson LawBook Co, 2nd ed, 2004), with Michael Pryles and Jeff Waincymer
• Conflict of Laws in Australia (Lexis-Nexis Butterworths, 7th ed, 2002), with Peter Nygh (* 8th edition to be published in 2010, with Andrew Bell SC and Justice Paul Brereton)
• Conflict of Laws: Commentary and Materials (Butterworths, 1997), with Sam Ricketson and Geoffrey Lindell

Books as editor and contributor:

• Jurisdiction and Forum Selection in International Maritime Law: Essays in Honor of Robert Force (ed M Davies, Kluwer Law International, 2005)
Chapters in books, journal articles, review articles, essays and case notes
• Over 100 published items in journals and books published in the USA, the UK, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Australia

Editorial appointments:

• Editorial Board, Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly
• Editorial Advisory Board, International and Comparative Law Quarterly
• Editorial Advisory Board, Aegean Review of the Law of the Sea and Maritime Law
• Editorial Board, Australia & New Zealand Maritime Law Journal
• Editorial Board, New Zealand Business Law Quarterly
• Editorial Board, Global Trade and Finance Series, Kluwer International Publishing
• Advisory Board, Melbourne Journal of International Law

* Not admitted to practise in Singapore.