Michael J.P. Sullivan Esq.

Wednesday, 20 August 2008 10:11

Michael J.P. Sullivan Esq.
Barrister at Law.
57 East 82nd St
New York, New York 
10028, USA 
Cell: 6099033013

Mission

To provide an unbroken chain of quality services to clients worldwide

English Barrister specialising in: Advocacy; drafting and advisory work in the fields of commercial litigation and arbitration, international arbitration, maritime arbitration, shipping (wet and dry), insurance (marine and non- marine) reinsurance, international trade (oil and gas), carriage of goods by land, rail and sea, financial crime, and financial service regulation.

Maritime litigation and arbitration:

Advise In- House Counsel on behalf of: Ship owners, U.S. Naval officers, master mariners, managers, operators, charterers, cargo owners and shippers, shipyards and port management, seafarers, financial institutions and private equity investors;

Markets: Oil and Gas, Tankers, Dry Cargo, Containers, Ports and Terminals, LNG and LPG carriers, Combined Gas and Chemical Carriers, Dry and Liquid Bulk Vessels, Insurance, Logistics, Regulation and Law, Ship Finance

Regions: U.K., U.S., Europe, UAE, East Asia, Australia, Offshore (The Cayman Islands, Bermuda and the Channel Islands)

United Kingdom

Shipping

Charter party and bills of lading disputes, Hague and Hague visby rules

Cargo claims for loss and damage, collision

Procedure for disputes under NYPE, ASBATANKVOY, and GENCON forms before the LMA Laytime and demurrage: analysis of laytime clauses, loading and discharging issues, disputes as to commencement of laytime in berth, dock and port charters Liens, arrest of ships The High Court and admiralty Jurisdiction: Applications before the High Court, Admiralty claims practice directions, admiralty court guide (admiralty jurisdiction) Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) conduct of litigation, applications in rem, personam, remedies, interim injunctions, jurisdictional issues, arbitration clauses, Appeals. pursuing expert and deposition evidence and discovery in US courts in support of UK proceedings ISM codes

Port Development and Financing

Counsel advising on $150 M financing deal to develop Eastern European deepwater port

Intermodal transport

combined transport documents, general average and salvage, draft bills of lading, contracts of carriage, slot charters, straight bills of lading, freight forwarding contracts, contracts of carriage, claims for loss of containers, late delivery and redelievery, safe ports, shipment of dangerous goods international payments in practice SWIFT, CLS, EBA

United States (New York)

Charterparty clause analysis, STB forms Baltime form, NY produce, Gencon and Asbatankvoy forms, arbitration cases and New York district and supreme court decisions. Maritime liens, off hire clauses, claims in rem U.S. Maritime arbitration before SMA, US arbitration agreements in international commercial contracts, incoterms and related insurance. Marine joint ventures ( securities engineering) Anti suit injunctions, choice of law, Rule B attachment orders ecurities litigation maritime hull, liability, cargo, war risks, piracy,

East Asia

casualty avoidance advice (Singapore) Finance arrangements for new build LNG carriers and related time charters.

Offshore

ship finance for hedge funds offshore fund formation (Cayman, Jersey, Bermuda), Master feeder funds regulatory issues, Anti money laundering, investigations, White collar crime, Foreign corrupt practices act Alternative risk transfer, securitisation of risks and catastrophe bonds, (financial reinsurance) for hedge funds.

Insurance and Reinsurance

Commercial courts multi track system, legal liability and risk issues institute cargo clauses, Marine Insurance Act 1986, utmost good faith, international hull clauses, insurance of cargoes, transit insurance, marine risks, war and strike clauses as well as P &I risk coverage advice from proposal to expiry stage insurance and law and actual market practice at LLoyds practical insight into lloyds syndicates, brokers, lloyds underwriting agents, corporate capital vehicles and the complex web of relationships Disputes with lloyds, mixed sea and land risks, lloyds standard cover clauses

Admissions
England and Wales (admitted to practice as a Barrister at law (2004- current Called to the Bar by the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple (2004) New York (July 2009)

Employment
Spartamatrix international, Hong Kong, Brisbane, Singapore, Dubai (January 2008- Current) Of Counsel to Company and 50 Global alliance partners SMI Shipping Lines, Hong Kong (January 2008) Of Counse SMI SupplyChain Solutions, Singapore (January 2008- Current) Of Counse SMI Profitable Ports Network, Singapore (January 2008-Current) Of Counsel Ports-Directory www.ports-directory.com (December 2008) Of Counsel to 13,000 clients Norquest Acquisitions, Deleware (June 2008-Current) Of Counsel Tenancy (October 2005 - 2008) New Bailey Chambers, Liverpool, Preston) Pupillage (October 2004-October 2005) New Bailey Chambers, Liverpool, Preston TNT Solicitors, London, October 2003-October 2004), Paralegal Member of the Northern Circuit

Education
Inns of Court School of Law, 2004, Chancery Lane, London Bar Vocational Course, City University, London, 2004

PGdip 

Honors: Very Competent (Outstanding marks for advocacy)

Clinic Work: Free Representation Unit and Pro Bono Clinic.

University of Central Lancashire, Preston, England Bachelor of Laws, 2003 Honors: Second Class (Honors) Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney, Australia, 1996-99 Higher School Certificate, UAI 90%

Awards

"Astrolabe" award for meritorious contribution to international shipping and trade, December, 2008 Awarded $10,000 by Spartamatrix international and www.ports-directory.com (Awarded $100,000 debating scholarship 1996-99 to attend Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview)

Clubs, Associations and philantrophy
The Honourable society of the Middle Temple, Chancery Lane, London Member of the Northern Circit New York Rugby club, Saint Ignatius College community aid programme. COMBAR