Craig Cunningham > Bowmans > Johannesburg, South Africa > Lawyer Profile

Bowmans
11 ALICE LANE
SANDTON
JOHANNESBURG 2146
South Africa

Work Department

Dispute Resolution

Position

Head of Shipping and Logistics

Career

Craig Cunningham heads Bowmans’ Shipping and Logistics Practice.

He advises ship owners, charterers and their insurers in claims, investigations, matters of liability, arrests, matters involving vessels lost or involved in collisions, selling and administrating the funds of vessels and represents salvors in local litigation involving the salvage of vessels.

He also acts for various clients in sale and leaseback transactions as well as registration of securities in the purchase of vessels.

His experience extends to casualty facilitation across Africa.

He has a BCom from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and LLB and LLM degrees from the University of Cape Town.

Lawyer Rankings

South Africa > Shipping and transport

(Hall of Fame)

Craig Cunningham – Bowmans

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.