Mr Glenn Winter > Winter & Co Solicitors LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Winter & Co Solicitors LLP Offices
St Olave's House
9a Ironmonger Lane
EC2V 8EY
England
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Mr Glenn Winter
Position
Partner
Career
Admitted as a Solicitor in 1982.
Glenn has specialised in maritime law for over 40 years. He has huge experience, having been instructed in thousands of arbitrations, in many high-profile Court cases and numerous mediations.
He has acted for many of the same Clients (including Skuld, Spliethoff, Genco and Pacnav) for decades.
Career highlights include:
– Visiting Fellowship at the College of Law, University of Illinois.
– Acting for the successful carrier in The Starsin (House of Lords).
– Recovering over US$500 million in a series of arbitrations under Shipbuilding Contracts with Chinese Yards.
– LNG vessel named after him by John Fredriksen following a successful arbitration.
– Primary draftsman of the Inter-Club Agreement 1996.
– Primary draftsman of Skuld’s Rules (1996).
– Representing successful Owners (without Counsel) against Leading Counsel in an arbitration hearing relating to the construction of a standard war risk clause (The Paiwan Wisdom).
– Giving expert evidence on behalf of Total Transport Corporation in The Erika (Cour de Cassation in Paris).
– Acting in a mediation resulting in a claim in excess of US$100million being settled on a drop hands basis.
– Acting for the successful intermediate charterers (Sinochart) in defeating a claim for US$180 million in The Ocean Victory (Supreme Court).
– Acting in a mediation in London and in Tema resulting in recovery of US$70 million.
– MA (Oxon)
Glenn studied at the University of Oxford and has taught at the University of Illinois.
Work Highlights
Glenn Winter has acted in landmark Court cases including The Starsin, The Erika and The Ocean Victory, in hundreds of arbitrations (including recovering sums in excess of US $500 million for the Frontline/Golden Ocean Group in a series of arbitrations against shipyards) and over 60 mediations.
He was the Who’s Who Legal Shipping Lawyer of the Year (worldwide) for both 2017/2018 and 2018/2019.
Awards
Shipping Lawyer of the Year (Worldwide) 2017 – Who’s Who Legal
Shipping Lawyer of the Year (Worldwide) 2018 – Who’s Who Legal
Lawyer Rankings
London > Transport > Shipping
(Hall of Fame)Shipping boutique Winter & Co Solicitors LLP specialises in contentious work, ranging from charterparty and shipbuilding disputes to vessels trapped in Ukraine. Founding partner Glenn Winter
heads the practice and has longstanding experience in the shipping industry, having acted in numerous disputes on behalf of insurers, cargo specialists, and shipbuilders. The firm further expanded their expertise with the additions of shipping specialists Paul Griffiths and Joanna Steele, who joined from legacy firm Ince & Co in October 2023.