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Stephenson Harwood Offices
LEVEL 21
TWO IFC, 10 GUKJEGEUMYUNG-RO
YOUNGDEUNGPO-GU, 07326 REPUBLIC OF KOREA
South Korea
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Stuart Burrell
Work Department
Marine and international trade
Position
A partner with an extensive range of shipping litigation and international arbitration experience, Stuart specialises primarily in the handling of shipbuilding, offshore and onshore construction disputes as well as dry shipping and general commercial matters.
Career
Stuart advises some of the firm’s largest clients on complex, multi-jurisdictional litigation and international arbitration disputes. He is recommended for shipping and contentious matters in South Korea by Legal 500 for his “in-depth knowledge and analytical skill”. His clients include major shipowners, shipbuilders, construction and EPC contractors, oil companies and insurers.
Recent highlights include advising two of Korea’s largest construction companies in relation to a US$500 million nuclear power plant dispute in the UAE and a leading Korean shipowner in a US$400 million dispute concerning defects in the construction of two LNG vessels.
Stuart relocated from London in 2014 to help set up the firm’s Seoul office. Since then he has played a central role in the office’s achievement of Band 1 status in Chambers Asia-Pacific for “Shipping: International Firms” in South Korea in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 and Tier 1 status in Legal 500 Asia-Pacific for “Shipping: Foreign Firms” in South Korea in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
He is an Inter-Pacific Bar Association Shipping Committee Member / Panellist and IBA Member and regularly speaks at seminars, conferences and industry wide events in London, Seoul, Tokyo and across South East Asia.
Languages
English
Memberships
IPBA
Lawyer Rankings
South Korea > Shipping: foreign firms
Stephenson Harwood is sought after for its special expertise in shipbuilding, and the team frequently advises clients such as Korean global corporates, international banks, and shipping and shipbuilding trading companies in this sphere. Practice head Michael Kim has extensive experience in ship finance and offshore mandates, as well as in general commercial litigation with a nexus to the industry. The group also includes Stuart Burrell, who acts for clients such as shipowners and shipbuilders in multi-jurisdictional litigation and international arbitration, and Stuart Beadnall, who is a shipping and energy specialist with particular expertise in contract negotiation. Sean Gibbons, who is regularly instructed to defend fraudulent cargo claims made against shipowners, and shipping and offshore financing specialist Gregg Johnston
are also key contacts.