Our Team

Rob Collins
Partner
With 5 of his 17 years in the marine industry at an International Group P&I Club, Rob brings a commercial, practical a...

Andrew Preston
Partner
He acts for a wide range of international banks, corporates and trade houses on all types of commercial litigation dispute...

Fanos Theophani
Partner
Fanos has over 20 years’ experience specialising in all aspects of dry shipping, P&I and Defence, as well as internati...

Elizabeth Turnbull
Partner
Elizabeth's core practice focuses on cross border transportation, trade and commercial and insurance/reinsurance work.
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Ed Mills-Webb
Consultant
Described as "knowledgeable and excellent" by Chambers & Partners, Ed's practice focuses on shipping, international tr...

Tom Kelly
Partner
Tom acts on all aspects of marine and international trade litigation and international arbitration, covering dry shipping ...

Catherine Baddeley
Legal Director
Catherine advises on a wide range of contentious shipping matters, with a particular focus on bill of lading and charterpa...

Dolly Brown
Legal Director
Described by her clients as being detail driven and highly responsive to client needs, Dolly acts for a wide variety of sh...

James Kennedy
Legal Director
James specialises in shipping, international trade, and insurance disputes, and is a go-to person in the market for bunker...

Tim Guyer
Senior Associate
Tim specialises in dispute resolution and has particular experience advising on charterparty, bill of lading, and sale con...

Harriet Thornton
Senior Associate
Harriet is an experienced commercial lawyer with a particular specialism in shipping and commodities disputes. Harriet has...

Martyn Haines
Consultant Master Mariner
Martyn has over 46 years’ experience in the shipping industry. He is a Master Mariner and sailed on oil tankers, dry cargo...

Omer Aral
Consultant
Omer is an experienced commercial lawyer with a particular focus on shipping, commodities and international trade. He has ...

Ross Attfield
Associate
Ross has a growing reputation as a highly effective lawyer and has a broad range of expertise in general commercial litiga...

Hayley Flood
Associate
Hayley is regarded as an outstanding lawyer and regularly described as punching well above her weight in terms of experien...

Paul Best
Associate
Paul is quickly gaining a reputation as an excellent lawyer and has a broad range of expertise in relation to general comm...

Freya Sydney-Smith
Associate
Freya has a broad range of experience in general commercial litigation, shipping, trade and energy disputes. She has been ...

Lachlan Mcleod
Paralegal / Australian Qualified Lawyer
Lachlan has experience in international arbitration under LCIA, LMAA, UNCITRAL rules. He is trusted by his colleagues for ...

Amy Stafford
Chartered Legal Executive
Amy is a Chartered Legal Executive Lawyer and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, admitted in June 2016...

Maribel Sabatino
Paralegal
Maribel holds a Degree in Law & Political Science from Panama, having graduated in 2017 from the Universidad Católica ...

Carly McCartney
PA
Carly is a PA at Preston Turnbull LLP, having over 20 years' experience within the marine sector. She assists the team in ...

Karen Tottenham
PA
Karen is a PA at Preston Turnbull LLP and an experienced and valued member of our marine team. She has over 30 years' expe...