John has been an independent arbitrator since 2012.

He has been appointed as sole, presiding, emergency or panel arbitrator, in over a hundred arbitrations under various rules including those of DIAC, HKIAC, ICC, LCIA, LMAA, SCMA and SIAC.

Appointments have originated from the ICC National Committee, Presidents of SIAC Court of Arbitration, LCIA Court, and SIAC as appointing authority for ad hoc UNCITRAL arbitration, as well as the Chairman of SCMA. Appointments also come from parties, their counsel, and from already appointed arbitrators. These references have been subject to English or Singapore law.

With over 30 years’ experience in arbitration, in London and then since 1996 in Singapore, John specialises in all aspects of dry shipping, international trade, and insurance/reinsurance work.

This has included technical and complex disputes involving shipyards, construction, offshore energy and subsea aspects, as well as onshore power, renewable (wind/hydro/solar), marketing & off-take agreements.

Naturally such work has involved experience of many commercial and financial aspects, including for example disputes concerning share-sale agreements, guarantees, letters of credit, cross-border insolvencies and so on.

John has been on tribunals with many widely recognised experts in these areas, including Judges, (as well as former Judges, and Judges to be, and a former AG) KCs, SCs, law professors, and other leading legal figures (including at least eight authors and co-authors of legal text books relating to international arbitration law and procedure).