04:45 – 05:00pm

Registrations

05.05- 06.05pm

06.05- 6.25pm

John was at sea for twenty years before joining the Brookes Bell in 1996. He is a Chartered Engineer, with a Master’s degree, and in 2001 John became a partner at Brookes Bell. An expert in his field, John uses his extensive consultancy and investigative experience to provide comprehensive assessments of marine and offshore casualties and disputes. The type of investigations John conducts are as diverse as they are thorough. As a member of the Institution of Fire Engineers John also reports on fatal and non-fatal fires. John has provided technical evidence for court proceedings and arbitration around the world and gives advice to owners on emerging technologies and their requirements. From 2012 he has been based in Singapore having set up the Brookes Bell office there and currently oversees their three Asia offices. More recently John has been seconded to Houston to oversee the start of Brookes Bell’s expansion into the US region. John is also a supporting member of the LMAA, a member of SCMA and a Fellow and founding member of APIEx.

Mr. Paul Aston – Certified Foreign Consultant, AsiaLegal LLC; Accredited Mediator and Arbitrator

Paul has substantial experience of acting for parties in international litigation, arbitration and mediation in several jurisdictions. Where appropriate, he acts as an advocate. He advises on commercial transactions and projects in the maritime, offshore and commodity sectors (mainly Oil and Gas). Paul specialises in all aspects of shipping, transport and insurance, down and midstream oil and gas transactions, ship building, ship repair disputes; advising shipyards and buyers on contracts for the construction of various offshore structures, (rigs/FPSO) as well as their utilisation offshore. He is regarded as being good at working with experts, quick to pick up on technical concepts, in construction and engineering, and burdened with a mild obsession for attention to detail.  Paul is an FCIArb accredited lawyer, CEDR accredited mediator and has obtained English Court Higher Rights of Audience (Civil) - an advocacy qualification. He has more than 23 years of working in Asia as a foreign certified lawyer in Singapore (which included founding the HFW Singapore office) and has also served in HFW's London, Shanghai and Hong Kong offices. Since August 2022, Paul has been a consultant certified foreign lawyer at AsiaLegal LLC.  He is always pleased to accept appointments as an arbitrator and a mediator and has a passion for mediation.

Sapna Jhangiani KC has over two decades’ experience as Counsel or arbitrator in commercial disputes seated in diverse jurisdictions such as London, Paris, Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, Malaysia, the Cayman Islands and Mauritius. Sapna has practised in London, New York, Dubai and Singapore and is dual-qualified as an English barrister, and an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore. She has appeared before a wide spectrum of Tribunals, including the UK Supreme Court, International Commercial Courts at first instance and appellate level, and the Supreme Court of Singapore. She is currently International Legal Counsel at the Attorney-General’s Chambers, Singapore, alongside which she maintains a practice as arbitrator and mediator. Sapna is a Fellow and Chartered Arbitrator of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and is Chair of the Singapore Branch of the Institute. She is also an editor of Investor State Law Guide. She is ranked in all the main legal directories, and was named by Asia Law Business Journal as one of the top 15 female lawyers in Asia. 

FEES

Member of:

1. Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)

2. High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA)

3. Singapore Chambers of Maritime Arbitration (SCMA)

4. Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb)

5. Society of Construction Law (Singapore) (SCL(S))