Ms Pauline Davies > Fee Langstone > Auckland, New Zealand > Lawyer Profile
Fee Langstone Offices
Level 18
51 Shortland Street
Auckland 1010
New Zealand
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Ms Pauline Davies
Work Department
Insurance / Dispute Resolution / Marine
Position
Partner
Career
Pauline Davies is a leading expert in maritime and aviation law. She has developed a substantial practice that covers maritime, aviation, transportation and marine insurance law, the international carriage and sales of goods, and the law relating to freight forwarders.
As a partner of both Jones Fee (the predecessor firm to Fee Langstone) and Fee Langstone, Pauline has been responsible for the firm receiving a number of awards for excellence in maritime legal services, including from Corporate LiveWire Global and Acquisition International. Pauline is named in Best Lawyers 2020 as an expert in maritime law.
Pauline’s clients include major marine and P & I insurers from around the world, an international seafarers’ protection organisation, a number of New Zealand’s major exporting and chartering interests, businesses involved in commercial marine activity and a significant number of freight forwarders, both domestic and multi-national. She is named in numerous legal guides, including the Guide to the World’s Leading Shipping and Maritime Lawyers and to Women in Business Law, Best Lawyers and the Chambers Asia Pacific Guide.
One of the highlights of Pauline’s last year was succeeding on all heads of claim after acting as lead counsel in a technically-complex five day High Court trial where the major issue was as to the cause of a helicopter crash. Another interesting case was one where Pauline obtained a mandatory injunction to secure the return of a vessel which was held by a repairer, where the repairer was refusing to release it despite not having carried out the contracted work.
Memberships
New Zealand Law Society
Maritime Law Assocation of Australia and New Zealand
Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Federation of New Zealand
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CMILT)
Arbitrators and Mediators Institute of New Zealand (AAMINZ)
Adjunct External Fellow, Centre for Maritime Law, National University of Singapore Faculty of Law
Education
BA, LLB, CMILT
Admitted to the Supreme Court of Samoa
Lawyer Rankings
New Zealand > Insurance
(Leading individuals)Based primarily in Auckland, insurance is the cornerstone of Fee Langstone‘s practice. Renowned for its expertise in policy advice and indemnity matters, its capabilities also extend to regulatory and compliance work and professional disciplinary complaints. Department co-heads Philippa Fee, who clients describe as a ‘true insurance expert‘ with ‘wide ranging experience across various insurance lines’, and Craig Langstone
are leaders in the industry, with Langstone advising across the whole spectrum of insurance matters, including professional indemnity, public liability, business interruption and parametric insurance. Pauline Davies is highlighted as ‘extremely knowledgeable and approachable in the marine field’. Litigators Cecily Brick, Matthew Atkinson, Virginia Wethey and counsel Bradley Alcorn are key practitioners in Auckland.