Wikborg Rein

English Law, Maritime Offshore Emergency Response, Shipping, Dispute Resolution

Matthew has experience in all aspects of dispute resolution in the shipping and offshore industries and handles both "wet" and "dry" shipping disputes. He has acted for clients in English Admiralty Court and Commercial Court proceedings, LMAA arbitrations, Mediations and Early Neutral Evaluation.

Matthew has spent time on secondment to a leading member of the International Group of P&I Clubs, and a leading Singaporean based shipping company.

Matthew is a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales.

2026 – Present: Senior Associate, Wikborg Rein, Singapore

2025: Senior Associate, Wikborg Rein, London 2023: Legal Counsel (Secondment), Eastern Pacific Shipping Pte Ltd.

2022 – 2025: Associate, Wikborg Rein, London

2021 – 2022: Claims Executive (Seconded Trainee Solicitor), Gard AS, Oslo

2020 – 2022: Trainee Solicitor, Wikborg Rein, London

2019 – 2020: Paralegal, Wikborg Rein, London

2018: Legal Intern, BW Group, Oslo

Fluent in English

2019 – 2020: LPC LLM, University of Law

2016 – 2019: Law (LLB), University of Liverpool