HFW strengthens global shipping practice with London Master Mariner hire

International, sector-focused regulation agency has strengthened its market-leading delivery observe with the rent of Grasp Mariner Mike Bunton.

Mike has nearly 20 years’ delivery expertise and joins HFW in London from the UK Maritime and Coastguard Company, the place he was Head of Navigation. He beforehand held quite a lot of roles at TechnipFMC, together with Vessel Grasp and Senior Chief Officer, and likewise labored at WightLink Isle of Wight Ferries.

HFW now has 14 Mariners and Grasp Mariners throughout the Americas, Europe, the Center East, and Asia Pacific, working alongside greater than 40 legal professionals within the largest specialist marine casualty observe of any regulation agency.

Dominic Johnson, Head of Admiralty and Disaster Administration, HFW: “I’m delighted to welcome Mike into our Admiralty and Disaster Administration staff. Mike’s intensive seagoing expertise and his work with the MCA will complement and improve our already-strong staff of mariners, who proceed to ship wonderful technical help to our shoppers when coping with their complicated and infrequently high-profile casualties.”

Mike Bunton, Grasp Mariner, HFW: “I’m excited to be becoming a member of HFW as an business main regulation agency inside the maritime sector. In what’s inherently a global business, HFW’s international attain offers a really worldwide service, making it ideally positioned to supply Admiralty and Disaster administration providers. I sit up for working with new colleagues to help shoppers navigating the evolving dangers and challenges confronted by delivery immediately.”

HFW’s market-leading international delivery observe contains greater than 220 legal professionals advising on dry delivery, admiralty and disaster administration, and transactional work for shoppers throughout the business.

HFW has extra top-tier rankings for delivery in authorized directories Chambers and The Authorized 500 than some other regulation agency, and is ranked by The Instances as one of many UK’s high maritime practices.

HFW was lately voted UK Regulation Agency of the 12 months on the British Authorized Awards.