Alex McIntosh > Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP Offices
125 WOOD STREET
LONDON
EC2V 7AW
England
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Alex McIntosh
Work Department
Commercial dispute resolution, International trade, Shipping
Position
Alex is a partner in the London office and a member of the firm’s shipping and international trade teams. He advises on disputes arising under charterparties, bills of lading, shipbuilding and restructuring contracts, as well as wet work, including casualties and LOFs.
He is also experienced in trade, including letters of credit, sale and purchase contracts, factoring, debt collection, insurance (both marine and non-marine), coverage advice, facility agreements, transactional documentation and policy wordings. Alex’s clients include shipowners, insurers, P&I clubs, charterers, traders, manufacturers and logistics providers. He has run court proceedings and arbitrations in many jurisdictions and has obtained and challenged arrests, injunctions and security measures worldwide.
Alex lectures extensively on many legal and practical aspects of trade and shipping including charterparties, procurement and arbitration.
He is the course director of the Lloyds Maritime Academy Certificate in Charterparties Distance Learning Course.
Career
He joined Thomas Cooper as a partner in 2017 with 30 years prior experience of practising in Greece, London and Hong Kong, where he is also qualified.
Memberships
LMAA
Lawyer Rankings
London > Transport > Shipping
Praised for its ‘dedication to its clients and a pragmatic commercial attitude’, Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP sports a robust shipping practice that is regularly involved in a wide spectrum of disputes. Darryl Kennard receives frequent instructions from shipowners, underwriters and salvage companies, handling both wet and dry matters; he jointly leads the team with Alex McIntosh, whose areas of focus include charterparties, bills of lading, and casualties. Mark Sachs retains strong ties with clients in the Japanese insurance sector.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Family
- Real estate > Social housing: tenant
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commodities disputes
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Court of protection
- Employment > Employees/unions
- Employment > Immigration
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Transport > Travel
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Employment > Senior executives
- Transport > Shipping
- Finance > Trade finance
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Social housing: local authorities and registered providers
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)