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
Mobile : +65 9828 4000
Email : doraisamy@navinco.com.sg

Commissioner for Oaths
LL.M. (Maritime Law), University of Singapore (2009)
Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore (1999)
Barrister-at-Law, Middle Temple (1997)
LL.B. (Hons), University of Nottingham, UK (1996)

Called to the Singapore Bar in early 1999, Peter has maintained an active practice in his chosen specialisation, maritime law. He spent his formative years with an established local maritime law firm where he handled numerous complex litigation and arbitration matters before being invited to take up an appointment as Group Legal Counsel of KS Energy Services Limited, an energy services group catering to the oil and gas industry. In 2007, Peter joined Navin & Co. LLP as a partner.

Alongside his litigation and arbitration practice, Peter advises owners, yards and specialist service providers in the shipping and offshore oil and gas industries on all manner of corporate and transactional matters.

Admiralty & Maritime Law, Insurance (including marine insurance), International Trade, Company Law and Arbitration.

Partner
Navin & Co. LLP

1 Maritime Square
#09-07/14 HarbourFront Centre
Singapore 099253
Phone : +65 6532 4220
Fax : +65 6532 4227
Mobile : +65 9795 0025
Email : colin@navinco.com.sg

Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore (2004)
Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Sabah & Sarawak (1997)
Barrister-at-Law, Inner Temple (1996)
M.Phil (Cantab.) (1995)
LL.B. (Hons), University of Northumbria at Newcastle (1994)

Since his call to the Singapore Bar, Colin has specialised in shipping law. He joined an established local shipping law firm as an associate and was heavily involved with both dry and wet shipping litigation matters. In 2006, Colin joined the maritime and aviation practice group of Messrs Allen & Gledhill LLP, where he was involved in numerous ship finance transactions acting as Singapore counsel to foreign and local banks as well as acting for shipowners on all aspects of non-contentious shipping matters including financing and leasing transactions, advising on charterparties, shipbuilding contracts, conducting due diligence on shipping companies and ship and mortgage registrations. Colin is also called to the Sarawak Bar. In 2009, Colin joined Navin & Co. LLP as a partner.

Admiralty & Maritime Law, Banking & Ship Finance, Company Law and Arbitration.

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.