Mr Rob Jardine-Brown > Wikborg Rein > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Wikborg Rein
30 Cannon Street
EC4M 6XH
England
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Work Department

Contract Law and Construction, Shipping

Position

Rob’s main area of practice lies within the shipping and offshore fields. He is a lawyer with a broad range of marine and offshore experience specialising in dispute resolution, mediation, commercial litigation and arbitration. Within shipping his experience covers all aspects of the construction of ships together with their employment, operation and disposal. In the offshore field Rob deals with a variety of commercial and operational issues with particular emphasis on disputes relating to the construction of offshore units including FPSOs, drilling rigs and offshore production and supply vessels. He also lectures on shipbuilding matters.

Career

2010 – Partner, Wikborg Rein, London
2007 – 2009 Partner, Curtis Davis Garrard LLP
2000 – 2007 Associate and Senior Associate, Curtis Davis Garrard
1996 – 2000 Associate, Norton Rose
1994 – 1996 Trainee Solicitor, Norton Rose

Education

– BA History, Bristol University
– Common Professional Examination, BBP Law School
– Legal Practice Course, Store Street College of Law

Lawyer Rankings

London > Transport > Shipping

(Leading individuals)

Rob Jardine-BrownWikborg Rein

Wikborg Rein is praised for its ‘ability to advise in English and Norwegian law’, which allows the firm’s shipping and offshore group to be a go-to outfit for multi-jurisdictional matters including those relating to casualties and sanctions. Practice head Chris Grieveson has a broad advisory portfolio that sees him dealing with work ranging from shipbuilding cases and contentious sale and purchase issues to wet shipping matters. The firm also has particularly strong connections to the Greek market, where Baptiste Weijburg took over as the group’s main contact following the retirement of Nick Shepherd in December 2022. Rob Jardine-Brown is the key name for contentious work, while Eleanor Midwinter has in-depth experience pertaining to dry shipping, marine insurance, and shipbuilding matters. The firm secured a major coup in September 2023 with the hire of a team of 17 fee earners from Ince including Michael Volikas and Ian Chetwood.

London > Real estate > Construction: contentious

Wikborg Rein specialises in oil and gas, shipping, offshore wind, and other renewable energy projects. Practice leader Rob Jardine-Brown brings expertise in offshore construction disputes, and Shawn Kirby focuses on shipbuilding, rigs, and offshore unit construction.