Patric is a dual qualified barrister (Ireland, non-practising) and solicitor (England & Wales), experienced in a broad range of commercial, international trade, energy, construction & infrastructure, anti-bribery & corruption, shipping & insurance disputes. He has genuine multi-jurisdictional and multi-cultural experience, having practiced in London for over a decade and over fifteen years in Asia (Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Tokyo). He relocated to the UAE in 2022 but first worked here in 2002 when he was involved in the Glencore v Metro Trading International dispute concerning the alleged misappropriation of oil from four offshore floating storage/blending vessels off Fujairah.

Patric is an IMI qualified mediator, a member of the CIArb UAE Mediator panel list as well as a Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC) Specialist Mediator for both Infrastructure, and Japan related disputes, and a member of the Japan International Mediation Center (JIMC) international mediator panel. He has been involved in mediating commercial disputes for over 25 years since first becoming involved in resolving claims in London and Singapore in 2000 onwards.

Patric is also CIArb Fellow and has extensive experience of conducting arbitrations before the LCIA, ICC, SIAC, JCAA, HKIAC, CIETAC, LMAA, FOSFA & GAFTA as well as having handled numerous reported cases in the London Commercial Court and English Court of Appeal. He also sits on the arbitrator panels for the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC), the SCCA in Saudi, the JCAA in Japan, the SCIA and QDAC in China as well as the European Commission’s EU Trade Disputes panel. Patric is a member of the SIAC Middle East Regional Users’ Arbitration Committee.

Prior to joining Global Advocacy, Patric was a Partner at a number of leading international law firms (including BLG (now Clyde & Co), Hogan Lovells and King & Wood Mallesons) where he led their regional cross border arbitration practices and was ranked as a leading individual by the Asia-Pacific Chambers and Legal 500 legal directories.

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