Iain Goldrein QC practices at the Bar from Chambers at 7 Harrington Street, Liverpool (where he is Deputy Head of Chambers) and at 7 Bell Yard, London. He is a Panel Deemster of the Isle of Man, a Recorder and is authorised to sit as a Deputy High Court Judge. He is a Council Member, International Institute of Experts (Hong Kong) and an advisory editor of Hong Kong Civil Procedure. He is also a Visiting Professor (The Sir Jack Jacob Chair) in Litigation at Nottingham Law School, a Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and an accredited commercial mediator.
Matt Hannaford joined Clyde & Co solicitors as a Partner in March 2005. A member of the firm's transportation finance group, Matt specialises in commercial shipping law with particular expertise in ship finance and ship sale and purchase (including newbuilding projects) and was a member of the BIMCO documentary sub-committee for the preparation of Saleform 2012.
In addition to ship finance work, he regularly advises international maritime clients on mergers and acquisitions, joint-ventures and pooling arrangements. In recent years Matt has been heavily involved in debt finance restructurings, fleet enforcements and advising on insolvency issues. His clients include ship owners and operators, major international banks, ship builders, commodity traders and private equity funds.
Paul Turner is a Partner at Clyde & Co solicitor and a senior member of the firm's shipping, trade & energy group.
He has long experience of working with shipping and offshore companies, debt and equity financiers, shipyards and other industry participants on a wide range of significant asset and business acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures, construction and conversion projects, and complex operating and financing arrangements. His particular areas of interest include the cruise shipping sector, the offshore and tanker sectors, and the mega yacht sector.