Patrick is a trusted advisor and advocate for leading international and domestic ship owning and chartering companies and commodity and energy trading houses.  He has vast experience in maritime and transportation law, ranging from collisions, salvage, fire and explosion, total loss, piracy, limitation of liability, civil and criminal pollution liabilities to cargo damage and loss, personal injury, charter party formation and disputes. He also has extensive experience advising commodity and energy traders. He has litigated and arbitrated hundreds of cases and routinely advises clients on contract formation and cross-border contract disputes. In addition, he has served as a commercial arbitrator in New York.

Patrick is proactive and employs a practical, no-nonsense, cost-effective approach to dispute resolution. He is also known worldwide as a leading force in creditor’s rights, particularly in the shipping sector. Cases such as Navios v. Vale International, Sanko Mineral, Winter Storm Shipping, Aqua Stoli Shipping, Smith v. Woosley, Vitol v. Primerose, Centauri Shipping v. Western Bulk Carriers and Lion Copolymer v. Kolmar Americas comprise part of his varied case history.

One client summarized their experience working with Patrick as having been “extremely satisfied with the quality of advice we get, both in terms of its legal angle and also in terms of the commercial and practical aspects.”

Patrick is a Martindale Hubbell “AV” rated lawyer and has consistently been recognized in legal directories, including Chambers, Who’s Who and Super Lawyers.