Hill Dickinson LLP

Shipping

Partner

Matthew started his career at HFW in London. He then moved to Wikborg Rein in Singapore for 3 years before joining Hill Dickinson as a Partner in 2022.

In addition to spending time in Singapore and London, Matthew has spent time in Dubai where he acted on a range of contentious matters for clients based in the region. He has also spent time with an offshore insurance syndicate as well as spending 6 months working at an International Group P&I Club.

English

Member of the law society

University of Southampton – Law LLB (Hons).

Matthew is a Partner at Hill Dickinson’s Singapore office and is part of the firm's Marine and Trade practice. Matthew is a member of the firm's Marine Emergency Response Team.

Matthew specialises in international commercial dispute resolution, with a focus on shipping, offshore/energy and insurance disputes. He has advised extensively on both wet and dry shipping matters, including salvage cases (LOF and commercial terms), groundings, wreck removals, collisions, fire on board vessel, container casualties, GA disputes, dry issues arising out of casualties, COA, VSA, BL and charterparty based disputes involving various forms, as well as offshore casualties/disputes involving jackups, PSVs and other types of vessel. Matthew also advises on contract review and commercial matters within his areas of specialisation.

Matthew has experience of English Commercial and Admiralty Court proceedings, as well as international arbitration (LMAA, LOF, LCIA, SIAC, SCMA, UNCITRAL and ad hoc).

Included in both Chambers & Partners Singapore as “Up and Coming” for the past two years (see: https://chambers.com/lawyer/matthew-dow-asia-pacific-8:26451345 ). Individual Editorial:

“Matthew Dow has demonstrated solid experience handling marine casualty mandates, such as incidents involving fires and stack collapses. He actively assists shipowners, slot charterers and P&I clubs with claims following shipping casualties. Dow also possesses experience in wreck removal matters.”

Matthew Dow is impressive. He is a clever lawyer and a very nice chap. I thoroughly enjoyed working with him. He's someone who gets it.

Matthew provides fast, effective and commercial advice, fantastic support to all parties involved in the matter and reasonable fees. I could not recommend him highly enough.

As well as Chambers & Partners Global Leaders (Band 3):

Matthew Dow is a key partner at the firm who handles a range of shipping disputes. He is based in the firm`s Singapore office.

I had an excellent experience with him, he is an impressive lawyer.

Matthew is also included in Legal 500 Singpore:(https://www.legal500.com/c/singapore/shipping-foreign-firms/?edition=united-states/2019-edition/lawyers/615053-gregory-g-garre/lawyers/614459-richard-p-bress/lawyers/616199-philip-j-perry/lawyers/614114-matthew-k-roskoski/lawyers/615266-sarah-a-greenfield/lawyers/616169-paul-f-sheridan-jr/lawyers/614084-christopher-s-turner/ _:

‘Matthew Dow is part of the new generation of casualty lawyers and is becoming a go-to choice in the region for wreck removal contracts. Friendly, professional and bright, he is a pleasure to work with and feels like part of the team

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