Claudia Jackson > Bowmans > Johannesburg, South Africa > Lawyer Profile

Bowmans
11 ALICE LANE
SANDTON
JOHANNESBURG 2146
South Africa

Position

Partner

Career

Claudia Jackson is a partner in Bowmans’ Johannesburg office Shipping, Aviation and Logistics Practice.

Most of Claudia’s practice involves complex, multijurisdictional insurance related disputes with a particular focus on financial lines, catastrophe and aviation insurance. In those sectors, she advises insurers, reinsurers and corporate insureds.

Claudia’s practice also includes general commercial disputes in the insurance and aviation sectors.

The majority of Claudia’s instructions emanate from the Lloyds and South African aviation insurance markets. These include coverage advice, subrogated recoveries and defences and regulatory advice and product development.

Claudia has managed matters arising in over 20 jurisdictions in Africa.

She has an LLB from the University of the Witwatersrand, BA and MA degrees from Cambridge University, UK, and an LLM and a Postgraduate Diploma in International Dispute Resolution from the University of London, UK.

Lawyer Rankings

South Africa > Shipping and transport

Top-tier firmBowmans garners praise for its ‘deep jurisdictional expertise‘. The ‘responsive‘ team has an excellent reputation for advising on a broad spectrum of shipping, aviation, and transport matters. Andrew Pike is a highly regarded practitioner in the port infrastructure and development space, and is regularly instructed by international port and terminal developers; Craig Cunningham brings over three decades of experience in shipping law, and acts for shipowners, financiers, marine insurers, charterers and suppliers in a wide range of contentious and non-contentious maritime work. Heather Manson, who leads the aviation group, fields expertise in aviation insurance, disputes and regulatory issues; Claudia Jackson has ‘a very impressive intellect and knowledge of the law, as well as strategic insight‘. Lana Stockton‘s workload includes shipping litigation and cross-border shipping insolvency issues, and Jeremy Prain‘s broad practice takes in ship finance, rail and road transportation work, and marine insurance cases.  Bills of lading and charterparty matters are core areas of instruction for Mark van Velden, and Shanae Durman lends support on aviation insurance and dispute resolution matters.