Darryl Kennard > Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP Offices
125 WOOD STREET
LONDON
EC2V 7AW
England
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Darryl Kennard
Work Department
Shipping, Commercial dispute resolution
Position
Darryl is a partner in the marine, trade and energy team in the London office and a key member of the emergency response team. He is one of the few shipping lawyers who specialise in both ‘wet’ and ‘dry’ work from collisions, salvage, groundings, total losses, fires and piracy through to charterparty disputes and claims arising under bills of lading.
Based in Norway for one year and in Singapore for five years, Darryl receives instructions from salvors, container lines, dry bulk and tanker owners as well as charterers, traders, P&I clubs and other insurers.
Memberships
LMAA, Baltic Exchange, Association of Average Adjusters, Admiralty Solicitors Group
Lawyer Rankings
London > Transport > Shipping
(Leading individuals)Specialist shipping firm Thomas Cooper LLP recently merged with Penningtons Manches to create Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP. With an international reach, the team is ‘well-known in the sector for its shipping and trade knowledge and expertise‘ and ‘regularly punches above its weight‘. It handles a broad range of instructions including casualties, major losses and commercial disputes; the team is ‘particularly strong in pure shipping disputes, with a wealth of knowledge and experience‘. Tim Kelleher is noted for his disputes expertise and team head Darryl Kennard, who is ‘energetic and knowledgeable‘, specialises in wet work including salvage, loss and collision claims. Charles Williams has retired.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Personal injury: defendant
- Insurance > Personal injury: defendant
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: smaller deals, up to £50m
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commodities disputes
- Private client > Court of protection
- Human resources > Employment: employees/unions
- Human resources > Employment: senior executives
- Private client > Family
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Risk advisory > Reputation management
- Transport > Shipping
- Finance > Trade finance
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Real estate > Commercial property: hotels and leisure
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Brand management
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Contruction: non-contentious
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Human resources > Employment: employers
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Social housing: local authorities and registered providers
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Human resources > Immigration
- Transport > Travel